Tintinnabulation of Literary Theory Traversing Genres to Contemporary Experience

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nyongesa, Andrew Wafula, 1980-

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified], MWANAKA MEDIA AND PUB, 2018.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

There can never be literary growth in the contemporary world which is devoid of literary criticism, this is the backbone of literary theory. Literature is no longer a mere narration of stories, and prudent literary writers know that great literature is based on theoretical frameworks which give their works an edge in the intellectual world. In this book, Tintinnabulation of Literary Theory: Traversing Genres to Contemporary Experience, Andrew Nyongesa demonstrates how five theoretical frameworks, namely: Marxism, Feminism, Postcolonialism, Psychoanalysis and Stylistic are applied to genres of literature. The last chapter shows how theory has moved away from the lecture hall to real life experience. The book is a practical guide to university students and tutors of literature in their undying desire to embrace Literary Criticism.

Contents:

Chapter one: aspects of literary theory

Chapter two: Marxist theory; 2.1 Introduction; 2:2 Marxism vis-a-vis the novel and the play; 2.3 Marxist critique of african poetry; 2.4 Marxist critique of oral literature; 2.5 Marxism and drama; 2:6 Conclusion

Chapter three: the feminist theory; 3:1 Introduction; 3:2 Feminism and the novel; 3.5 Conclusion; 3:6 Feminist critique of oral literature; 3:7 Feminist critique of poetry

Chapter four: postcolonial criticism; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Definition of post colonialism; 4:3 Postcolonialism in the novel and drama; 4.4 Postcolonialism and african poetry; 4.5 Postcolonialism and William Shakespeare; 4.6 Postcolonial critique of genres of oral literature; 4.7 Conclusion

Chapter five: psychoanalytic theory; 5:1 Introduction; 5:2 Psychoanalysis and the novel; 5.3 Psychoanalysis and poetry; 5.4 Psychoanalysis and oral literature; 5:5 Split personality, the extension of psychoanalysis

Chapter six: stylistics- the magic wand; 6:1 Introduction; 6:2 Definition of style and stylistics; 6:3 Distinction of literary works by style; 6:4 Stylistics and oral literature; 6.5 Conclusion

Chapter seven: philosophy and contemporary African experience; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Cultural essentialism: a sordid boon at the shores of sub-Saharan Africa; 7:3 Postcolonialisn and the African experience; 7:4 Said's orientalism and the African reality; 7:5 Fanon's national culture and the African quandary; 7:6 Bhabha's hibridity and the ethnic divide in Africa; 7:7 Radical feminism and the African experience.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781779065148

1779065140

OCLC:

1090494121