Contemporary African literature : new approaches / Tanure Ojaide.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ojaide, Tanure, 1948-

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Carolina Academic Press African world series

African world series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature--History and criticism.

African literature.

Literature and society--Africa.

Literature and society.

Africa.

Physical Description:

xiv, 194 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, 2011.

Summary:

Poet, novelist and short story writer as well as a scholar, Ojaide (Africana studies. U. of North Caroline-Charlotte) has spent several years reassessing African literature from multiple perspectives, including interdisciplinary, ethical, and scholar-poet. Even more than most literature, he contends, African literature is tightly bound to issues such as globalization, conflict management, environmental and ecological concerns, and human rights. He feels that literary criticism must acknowledge those supposed non-literary aspects. His topics include examining canonization, deploying modern African literature towards the environment and human rights, writing in pidgin English, deploying masculinity in African oral poetic performance, and continuity and change. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Examining canonization in modern African literature

Migration, globalization, and recent African literature

African literature, globalization, and the quest for peace

Deploying modern African literature towards the environment and human rights

Language and literature in conflict management in Africa

I no go sidon look: writing in pidgin English

Deploying masculinity in African oral poetic performance: the man in Udje

Poetry in northern Nigeria: challenges and prospects

The African scholar-poet tradition: insights and responsibilities

African literary aesthetics: continuity and change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1611630290

9781611630299

OCLC:

750401513

Publisher Number:

99948847903