{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-the-african-novel-paperback-9780521671682","title":"The Cambridge Companion to the African Novel (Paperback) 9780521671682","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to the African Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn overview of the key novels and novelists of the continent, covering multiple cultures and languages.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eF. Abiola Irele (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521671682, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 23 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e306 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… an impressive team of contributors, with a fine balance of African, North American and European, Anglophone and Francophone scholars.' SCOLMA\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAfrica's strong tradition of storytelling has long been an expression of an oral narrative culture. African writers such as Amos Tutuola, Naguib Mahfouz, Wole Soyinka and J. M. Coetzee have adapted these older forms to develop and enhance the genre of the novel, in a shift from the oral mode to print. Comprehensive in scope, these new essays cover the fiction in the European languages from North Africa and Africa south of the Sahara, as well as in Arabic. They highlight the themes and styles of the African novel through an examination of the works that have either attained canonical status - an entire chapter is devoted to the work of Chinua Achebe - or can be expected to do so. Including a guide to further reading and a chronology, this is the ideal starting-point for students of African and world literatures.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: perspectives on the African novel F. Abiola Irele\u003cbr\u003e 2. The oral\/literate interface Olukunle George\u003cbr\u003e 3. Chinua Achebe and the African novel Dan Izevbaye\u003cbr\u003e 4. Protest and resistance Barbara Harlow\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Afrikaans novel Chris Warnes\u003cbr\u003e 6. The African novel in Arabic Shaden Tageldin\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Francophone novel in North Africa Bernard Aresu\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Francophone African novel in Sub-Saharan Africa Lydie Moudileno\u003cbr\u003e 9. The historical novel M. Keith Booker\u003cbr\u003e 10. Magical realism and the African novel Ato Quayson\u003cbr\u003e 11. The African novel and the feminine condition Nana Wilson-Tagoe\u003cbr\u003e 12. Bildungsroman and autobiography Apollo Amoko\u003cbr\u003e 13. The postcolonial condition Phyllis Taoua\u003cbr\u003e 14. New voices and emerging themes Dominic Thomas\u003cbr\u003e 15. The critical reception of the African novel Harry Garuba\u003cbr\u003e Further reading\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003348504856,"sku":"9780521671682","price":25.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521671682i_eb189dea-a0ef-4658-8a72-194e09aafaec.jpg?v=1691379756","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-the-african-novel-paperback-9780521671682","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}