Languages and Literatures of Africa

Name: Languages and Literatures of Africa
Brand: James Currey
SKU: 9780852555811
Price: 10483 HUF
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The Sands of Babel

Szerző: Alain Ricard

Nyelv:

Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: James Currey

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Expanded and updated from the earlier French edition Litteratures d'Afrique noir (1995), African lit...

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Szerző

Alain Ricard

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2004

oldal

256

EAN

9780852555811

Enbook ID

04944598

Kiadó

James Currey

Súly

402

Méretek

151 x 228 x 16

Teljes leírás

Expanded and updated from the earlier French edition Litteratures d'Afrique noir (1995), African literatures are presented in a new perspective focusing on the dialogue between languages and literatures. An historical overview provides new insights into the literatures of Africa, both oral and written: orality is not always traditional, manuscripts are read aloud, and books have often been written in local languages, as well as in colonial languages. This book examines the dialogue between literatures written in different languages: Thomas Mofolo wrote in Sesotho and Sol Plaatje wrote in English but their novels Chaka (1926) and Mhudi (1931), should be read in counterpoint. The same could be said of Senghor and Soyinka, involved in a conversation on Africa's future that lasted for several decades. Many African writers write in several languages: from Okot p'Bitek (Acoli-English) to Ngugi wa Thiong'o (English-Gikuyu), and from Amadou Hampate Ba (Fula-French) to Alexis Kagame (French-Kinyarwanda). Focusing on linguistic consciousness and the place of language in the writer's consciousness, this book provides an original and comprehensive treatment of the African literary situation.

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The Sands of Babel

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