Trauma and transformation in African literature / J. Roger Kurtz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurtz, John Roger, author.

Series:

Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 126.

Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 126

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature (English)--History and criticism.

African literature (English).

Psychic trauma in literature.

Postcolonialism--Africa.

Postcolonialism.

Africa.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

192 pages; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

©2021.

Summary:

"This book fills a gap in the field of contemporary trauma studies by interrogating the relevance of trauma for African literatures. Kurtz argues that a thoughtful application of trauma theory in relation to African literatures is in fact a productive exercise, and furthermore that the benefits of this exercise include not only what it can do for African literature, but also what it can do for trauma studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Trauma theory, going global

Trauma and African literature. Trauma, the thorn in the spirit

Conceptual problems in trauma

Traumatomimesis and the moral imagination

Trauma and the African moral imagination

Case studies. A state of perpetual emergency : Ngugi wa Thiong'o's A grain of wheat

Trauma tropes in a Nigerian context : Chimamanda Adichie's Purple hibiscus

The trauma of failure : the state and the individual in Nuruddin Farah's Crossbones.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138205239

1138205230

OCLC:

1162517527