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Language, Literature, and the Dynamics of Conflict.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ngongkum, Eunice.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Postcolonialism in literature.
- Conflict (Psychology) in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (170 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Spears Media Press 2023
- Oxford : Spears Books, 2023.
- Summary:
- This book, edited by Eunice Ngongkum and Hans Mbonwuh Fonka, explores the intersection of language, literature, and conflict dynamics. It brings together a collection of essays that examine the role of literary and linguistic expressions in understanding and resolving conflicts across the globe. Topics include the depiction of Sierra Leone's history in poetry, Bob Marley's discourse on conflict, and the use of language as a tool for persuasion and identity in Cameroon. The book seeks to provide insights into how cultural and artistic expressions contribute to peacebuilding and conflict resolution. It is aimed at scholars and students interested in postcolonial studies, literature, and cultural studies. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contributors
- Title page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- List of Abbreviations
- Part One: Literary Interrogations of Conflict
- 1 "The Agony of my Country": Sierra Leone's Turbulent History in Syl Cheney-Coker's Poetry
- 2 Bob Marley and the Discourse of Conflict
- 3 Spatial Transcendence and the (Re)Invention of Space in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- 4 Male Assertion and the Arts in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse
- 5 Re-Building Paradise: Islamic Ecosphere in Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses
- Part Two: Language, Conflict Creation and Conflict Resolution
- 6 Insults and Spear Words in Music: Cameroon Pidgincreole as a Shield
- 7 Mitigating Linguistic Identity Differences in Cameroon: The Role of Bilingual Education
- 8 The Power of Language in Persuasion: A Lexico-semiotic Reading of Evangelisation Crusade Posters in Cameroon
- Index
- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9781957296258
- 1957296259
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