Outline of Swahili literature : prose fiction and drama / by Elena Bertoncini Zúbková ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bertoncini-Zúbková, Elena.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swahili fiction--History and criticism.

Swahili fiction.

Swahili drama--History and criticism.

Swahili drama.

Physical Description:

viii, 500 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition, extensively revised and enlarged.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Summary:

Outline of Swahili Literature is a major study and reference guide of modern prose and drama in Swahili - one of the largest languages of sub-Saharan Africa. This second edition of the eponymous study first published in 1989, is extensively revised and enlarged. It contains new and updated information, mapping trends and writers. Special attention is thereby given to the developments in Swahili literature that took place in the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. All this makes this book a unique source and the most up-to-date study in the field. It is of the essence not only to specialists in contemporary African Studies, but also to a wider range of scholars researching modern literary techniques and modern cultures. Moreover, the book contains a resourceful bio-bibliographical index of modern Swahili writers and an annotated bibliography of all known works in Swahili modern prose and drama published from the late 1950s up to 2008.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Prose Fiction in Pre-colonial and Colonial Times / E. Bertoncini Zb͠kov̀ 11

Tales 11

Chronicle, Memoir and Autobiography 22

From the Beginning of the 20th Century until the End of the Second World War 30

Shaaban Robert 34

Chapter 2 Contemporary Prose Fiction 45

1 Kenya 45

From the 1960s to the 1980s / E. Bertonicini Zb͠kov̀ 45

From the 1990s to the Present / K. W. Wamitila 54

2 The Tanzanian Mainland 74

From the 1960s to the 1980s / E. Bertoncini Zb͠kov̀ 74

From the 1990s to the Present / M. D. Gromov 117

3 Zanzibar 138

From the 1960s to the 1980s / E. Bertoncini Zb͠kov̀ 138

From the 1990s to the Present / S. A. M. Khamis 156

Chapter 3 Drama 171

1 Kenya 175

From the 1960s to the 1980s / E. Bertoncini Zb͠kov̀ 175

From the 1990s to the Present / K. W. Wamitila 183

2 The Tanzanian Mainland 194

From the 1960s to the 1980s / E. Bertoncini Zb͠kov̀ 194

From the 1990s to the Present / M. D. Gromov 216

3 Zanzibar 222

From the 1960s to the 1980s / E. Bertoncini Zb͠kov̀ 222

From the 1990s to the Present / S. A. M. Khamis 226.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Outline of Swahili literature / by Elena Zúbková Bertoncini.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [483]-491) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Related Work:

Bertoncini-Zúbková, Elena. Outline of Swahili literature.

ISBN:

9789004168183

9004168184

OCLC:

244058888