The gong and the flute : African literary development and celebration
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The gong and the flute : African literary development and celebration
(Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 173)
Greenwood Press, 1994
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A collection of 11 chapters by Nigerian professors, this book covers such issues as the dignity of intellectual labor; how colonial writings on Africa helped Africans decide to become the interpreters of their cultures; what Nigerian playwrights and poets have in common with authors from other parts of the world; the need to write literature in indigenous Nigerian languages; and critical examinations of the themes of victimization, bad governance, and Igbo social behavior as they are handled in select African and Nigerian literary texts. In discussing the issues, the contributors maintain a historical perspective which allows them to examine very critically the achievements of the founding fathers of Modern African Literatures, and the progress made in the development of African literatures. Also, they suggest what needs to be done to develop the national and ethnic literatures of Africa, as well as indigenous African languages that not only promote further development of the literatures, but also make it easier for Africans to read and appreciate their literatures more fully. Because of its content and developmental perspectives, The Gong and the Flute is a useful reference book for teachers and students of African literatures, and for research institutes and libraries interested in African, Nigerian, and Igbo Studies.
Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgments Some Sources of Joyce Cary's Mister Johnson by Ben Obumselu "I, Okigbo, Town-Crier": The Transition from Mythopoeic Symbolism to a Revolutionary Aesthetic in Path of Thunder by Chukwuma Azuonye The Ogun Consciousness in Modern Creative Man: A Reading of Wole Soyinka's "Idanre" by Edward C. Okwu Nigerian Drama and the Theatre of the Absurd by Chinyere Nwahunanya The Burden of the Dramatic Experience: A Synoptic and Comparative Analysis by Afam Ebeogu Literature in Indigenous Nigerian Languages by Ernest N. Emenyonu From Dialectal Dichotomy to Igbo Standard Development by Donatus I. Nwoga Genetic Discontinuity in Achebe's No Longer at Ease by Nnadozie F. Inyama Of Governance, Revolutions, and Victims: Achebe and Literary Activism in Anthills of the Savannah by Kalu Ogbaa The Theme of Victimization in Select African Plays and Novels by Emmanuel Obiechina The Dignity of Intellectual Labor: A Fiftieth Birthday Tribute by Isidore Okpewho Index
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