Perspectives on written Cameroon literature in English / Shadrach A. Ambanasom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ambanasom, S. A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cameroonian literature (English)--History and criticism.

Cameroonian literature (English).

Authors, Cameroonian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 2009, Anglophone Cameroon literature celebrated its fifty years of existence. Now at the mature age of fifty plus this literature has a great deal to write home about even if it still has a lot to do in its pursuit of excellence. Part of its maturity resides in the fact that although the scale of literary creativity and literary criticism is skewed in favour of the former, Anglophone Cameroon literary criticism is gradually waking up from slumber in an attempt to catch up with the rapidly expanding creativity. The essays in this book comment practically on some aspects of all the genres of

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Sources; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part One: General Essays; 1. Half a Century of Written Anglophone CameroonLiterature; 2. Critical Approaches in the Criticism of CameroonLiterature of English Expression; 3. Cameroonian Creative Writers and the LanguageProblem; 4. The African Writer and the Preservation ofCultural Values; 5.The Cameroonian Novel of English Expression; Part Two: Specific LiteraryStudies

6. Ideology In Three Dramatic Works: Victor Epie Ngome's What God Has Put Asunder, And Bate Besong's Beasts Of No Nation And Requiem For The Last Kaiser7. The Educational Significance of the Cameroon Novel of English Expression: Focus On FourTexts; 8. Deconstructing Gender Hierarchy: A Study ofMargaret Afuh's Born Before Her Time; 9. The Anti-Heroes of L.T. Asong's Fiction: Focus on Five Novels; 10. Two Opposing Trends in Mongo Beti's Fiction:A Study Of Remember Ruben and Perpetua; 11. Pedagogy of the Deprived: A Study of the Plays of Victor Epie Ngome, Bole Butake and BateBesong

12. Anatomy of a Short Story: An Analysis of BoleButake's "The Way of the City"13. The Orality of the Works of Four Anglophone Writers: Linus Asong, Bole Butake, BongasuKishani, Fale Wache; 14.The Modernist Character of Bate Besong's Poetry; 15.The Quintessence of Bernard Fonlon; Part Three: Book Reviews; 16. Bole Butake, Lake God and Other PlaysYaoundé: Editions CLE, 1999; 17. L. T. Asong, The Akroma File , Bamenda: PatronPublishing House, 1997; 18. Alobwed'Epie, The Death Certificate , Yaoundé:Editions CLE, 2004

19. John Nkemngong Nkengasong, Across theMongolo, Ibadan: Spectrum Books Limited, 200420. Alobwed'Epie, The Lady With A Beard,Yaoundé: Editions CLE, 2005.; 21. John Nkemngong Nkengasong, The Widow's Might, Yaoundé: Editions CLE, 2006; 22. John Ngong Kum, Walls of Agony, Yaoundé:Editions CLE 2006; 23. John Ngong Kum, Battle for Survival, Yaoundé:Editions CLE 2006; 24. Introducing L. T. Asong: "The Major Talent OfCameroon Fiction In English"; 25. Francis B. Nyamnjoh, A Nose for Money, East African Educational Publishers Ltd, 2006; Conclusion; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789956790487

9956790486

9789956790500

9956790508

OCLC:

836400560