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The Language Of African Literature

The Language Of African Literature

Edmund L. Epstein
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African literature written in English is not only a literature of great variety and power -- it is also a literature of world importance, entitled to the most detailed and advanced linguistic and stylistic analysis. The essays gathered together in this book meet that demand by scrutinizing the language structures and narrative conventions used by some of the most prominent authors on the continent, including Camara Laye , Wole Soyinka , R. Mungo Gatheru , Ezekiel Mphahele and Peter Abrahams ; Chinua Achebe, James P. Clark, D.O.Fagunwa, and Amos Tutuola ; and Okot p'Bitek and Taban lo Liyong . In this unprecedented anthology, some of the most prolific and widely-read African novelists are analyzed -- by some of the most advanced African linguists -- from two divergent but mutually illuminating perspectives: a sophisticated linguistic and cultural analysis of their works as world-class literary products; and a "cross-cultural" analysis of the rich influence of one of the over 3,000 indigenous African languages on the English-language writing style of these indigenous African authors. This collection of articles, all of which were originally published in Language and Style: An International Journal, should prove a major contribution to the study of "anglophone" African literature.
Language
English
Pages
298
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Africa Research and Publications
Release
August 01, 1996
ISBN
0865435340
ISBN 13
9780865435346

The Language Of African Literature

Edmund L. Epstein
0/5 ( ratings)
African literature written in English is not only a literature of great variety and power -- it is also a literature of world importance, entitled to the most detailed and advanced linguistic and stylistic analysis. The essays gathered together in this book meet that demand by scrutinizing the language structures and narrative conventions used by some of the most prominent authors on the continent, including Camara Laye , Wole Soyinka , R. Mungo Gatheru , Ezekiel Mphahele and Peter Abrahams ; Chinua Achebe, James P. Clark, D.O.Fagunwa, and Amos Tutuola ; and Okot p'Bitek and Taban lo Liyong . In this unprecedented anthology, some of the most prolific and widely-read African novelists are analyzed -- by some of the most advanced African linguists -- from two divergent but mutually illuminating perspectives: a sophisticated linguistic and cultural analysis of their works as world-class literary products; and a "cross-cultural" analysis of the rich influence of one of the over 3,000 indigenous African languages on the English-language writing style of these indigenous African authors. This collection of articles, all of which were originally published in Language and Style: An International Journal, should prove a major contribution to the study of "anglophone" African literature.
Language
English
Pages
298
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Africa Research and Publications
Release
August 01, 1996
ISBN
0865435340
ISBN 13
9780865435346

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