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Magical Realism in West African Fiction

- Seeing with a third eye

  • Format
  • Bog, hardback
  • Engelsk

Beskrivelse

This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the distinct elements of the genre in a West African context, and in relation to:

* a range of global expressions of magical realism, from the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to that of Salman Rushdie

* wider contemporary trends in African writing, with particular attention to how the realism of authors such as Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka has been connected with nationalist agendas.

This is a fascinating and important work for all those working on African literature, magical realism, or postcoloniality.

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal258
  • Udgivelsesdato09-04-1998
  • ISBN139780415182393
  • Forlag Routledge
  • FormatHardback
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  • Vægt640 g
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    15,6 cm
    23,4 cm

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