Literatures in African Languages: Theoretical Issues and Sample Surveys - Couverture rigide

 
9780521256469: Literatures in African Languages: Theoretical Issues and Sample Surveys
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ISBN 10 : 0521256461 ISBN 13 : 9780521256469
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1985

Synopsis

Although African literatures in English and French are widely known outside Africa, those in the African languages themselves have not received comparable attention. In this book a number have been selected for survey by fourteen specialist writers, providing the reader with an introduction to this very wide field and a body of reference material which includes extensive bibliographies and biographical information on African authors. Theoretical issues such as genre divisions are discussed in the essays and the historical, social and political forces at work in the creation and reception of African literature are examined. Literature is treated as an art whose medium is language, so that both the oral and written forms are encompassed. This book will be of value not only to readers concerned with the cultures of Africa but to all those with an interest in the literary phenomena of the world in general.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Although African literatures in English and French are widely known outside Africa, those in the African languages themselves have not received comparable attention. In this book a number have been selected for survey by fourteen specialist writers, providing the reader with an introduction to this very wide field and a body of reference material which includes extensive bibliographies and biographical information on African authors. Theoretical issues such as genre divisions are discussed in the essays and the historical, social and political forces at work in the creation and reception of African literature are examined. Literature is treated as an art whose medium is language, so that both the oral and written forms are encompassed. This book will be of value not only to readers concerned with the cultures of Africa but to all those with an interest in the literary phenomena of the world in general.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1985
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521256461
ISBN 13 
9780521256469
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
672
Éditeur
Andrzejewski B. W., Pilaszewicz S., Tyloch W.
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0521126258 ISBN 13 :  9780521126250
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010
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