The African Novel in English: An Introduction

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Overview

In The African Novel in English Keith Booker uses eight African novels to illustrate the scopes, varieties and the general aesthetic, cultural, and political concerns that have motivated African authors.
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Introduces eight African novels written in English, examining works including , , , and . These works illustrate the scope and variety of the African novel and the general aesthetic, cultural, and political concerns that have motivated African authors. Each chapter overviews the plot of the novel and its major themes, and gives historical and biographical information on authors and the times in which they lived and wrote. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780325000305
  • Publisher: Heinemann
  • Publication date: 2/6/1998
  • Series: Studies in African Literature Series
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Pages: 240
  • Product dimensions: 6.10 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Meet the Author

M. Keith Booker is Professor of English at the University of Arkansas. A prolific author, he has published books on James Joyce, Mikhail Bakhtin, and dystopian fiction. He has a book on depictions of India in the modern British novel entitled Colonial Power, Colonial Texts by the University of Michigan Press. Other projects include a book on reading Joyce after the Cold War as well as articles in the journals Critique, Research in African Literatures, and Pynchon Notes. His course offerings include classes on literary theory, modern British literature, and graduate and undergraduate courses on world literature and postcolonial fiction.
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Table of Contents

Preface
1 Introduction: Reading the African Novel 1
2 A Brief Historical Survey of the African Novel 29
3 Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart 65
4 Buchi Emecheta: The Joys of Motherhood 85
5 Ayi Kwei Armah: The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 103
6 Ama Ata Aidoo: Our Sister Killjoy 119
7 Nadine Gordimer: Burger's Daughter 133
8 Alex La Guma: In the Fog of the Seasons' End 155
9 Ngugi wa Thiong'o: Devil on the Cross 171
10 Tsitsi Dangarembga: Nervous Conditions 189
Works Cited 205
Index 223
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