The Cambridge companion to the African novel /
edited by F. Abiola Irele.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- xxii, 282 p. ; 23 cm.
Chronology. 1. Introduction: the African narrative tradition / F. Abiola Irele. 2. The oral/literate interface / Olukunle Georg. 3. Chinua Achebe and the African novel / Dan Izevbaye. 4. Protest and resistance / Barbara Harlow. 5. The Afrikaans novel / Chris Warnes. 6. The African novel in Arabic / Shaden Tageldin. 7. The Francophone novel in North Africa / Bernard Aresu. 8. The Francophone African novel in Sub-Saharan Africa / Lydie Moudileno. 9. The historical novel / M. Keith Booker. 10. Magical realism and the African novel / Ato Quayson. 11. The African novel and the feminine condition / Nana Wilson-Tagoe. 12. Bildungsroman and autobiography / Apollo Amoko. 13. The postcolonial condition / Phyllis Taoua. 14. New voices and emerging themes / Dominic Thomas. 15. The critical reception of the African novel / Harry Garuba. - Further reading.
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African fiction--History and criticism
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Chronology. 1. Introduction: the African narrative tradition / F. Abiola Irele. 2. The oral/literate interface / Olukunle Georg. 3. Chinua Achebe and the African novel / Dan Izevbaye. 4. Protest and resistance / Barbara Harlow. 5. The Afrikaans novel / Chris Warnes. 6. The African novel in Arabic / Shaden Tageldin. 7. The Francophone novel in North Africa / Bernard Aresu. 8. The Francophone African novel in Sub-Saharan Africa / Lydie Moudileno. 9. The historical novel / M. Keith Booker. 10. Magical realism and the African novel / Ato Quayson. 11. The African novel and the feminine condition / Nana Wilson-Tagoe. 12. Bildungsroman and autobiography / Apollo Amoko. 13. The postcolonial condition / Phyllis Taoua. 14. New voices and emerging themes / Dominic Thomas. 15. The critical reception of the African novel / Harry Garuba. - Further reading.
9780521671682 (pbk.) 052167168X (pbk.)
African fiction--History and criticism
809.30096 / IRE