Myth, Literature and the African World Paperback / softback
by Wole (University of Ife, Nigeria, and Cornell University, New York) Soyinka
Part of the Canto series
Paperback / softback
Description
Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the foremost living African writers, here analyses the interconnecting worlds of myth, ritual and literature in Africa.
The ways in which the African world perceives itself as a cultural entity, and the differences between its essential unity of experience and literary form and the sense of division pervading Western literature, are just some of the issues addressed.
The centrality of ritual gives drama a prominent place in Soyinka's discussion, but he deals in equally illuminating ways with contemporary poetry and fiction.
Above all, the fascinating insights in this book serve to highlight the importance of African criticism in addition to the literary and cultural achievements which are the subject of its penetrating analysis.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:184 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:13/09/1990
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521398343
Information
-
Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:184 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:13/09/1990
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521398343
