Equatorial Guinean Literature in its National and Transnational Contexts Marvin A. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Marvin A.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Columbia, MO : University of Missouri Press, 2017.

Summary:

This is the first book to interpret the African dimension of contemporary Hispanic literature.Equatorial Guinea, a former Spanish colony, is the only African country in which Spanish is an official language and which has a tradition of literature in Spanish. This is a study of the literature produced by the nation's writers from 2007 to 2013. Since its independence in 1968, Equatorial Guinea has been ruled by dictators under whom ethnic differences have been exacerbated, poverty and violence have increased, and critical voices have been silenced. The result has been an exodus of intellectuals-including writers who express their national and exile experiences in their poems, plays, short stories, and novels. The writers discussed include Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel, Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo, and Guillermina Mekuy, among others.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Nationalism, Migration, Diaspora, Transnationalism

Chapter One. The Transnational Character of Equatorial Guinean Literature: El metro, El porteador de Marlow, and Autorretrato con un infiel

Chapter Two. Malabo: The Cultural Matrix: Ecos de Malabo and Luz en la noche: poesía y teatro

Chapter Three. Women: Between Tradition and Modernity: Las tres vírgenes de Santo Tomás, Tres almas para un corazón, and Mokámbo: aromas de libertad

Chapter Four. From Fiction to Reality: En el lapso de una ternura and Matinga, sangre en la selva

Chapter Five. Dictatorship in a Pan-African Perspective: Siete días en Bioko and Conspiración en el green (El informe Abayak)

Chapter Six. Language as Cultural Resistance: Sueños y realidad and Los callados anhelos de una vida

Chapter Seven. Equatorial Guinea: The People's Perspective: Avión de ricos, ladrón de cerdos and Arde el monte de noche

Conclusion

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826273871

0826273874

OCLC:

982121405