Southern African literatures
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Southern African literatures
（Longman literature in English series）
Longman, 1996
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780582053069
内容説明
This text surveys the work of writers from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Mozambique and Namibia, providing a view of the position and role of literature within an apartheid system. The main focus of the book is on interpretation and, in particular, the relationship between literary culture and political life in countries with fiercely contested histories.
目次
- Introduction - writing literary history in Southern Africa. Part 1 Oral tradition - a usable past: bushman (san) songs and stories
- African (Bantu) songs, stories, praises. Part 2 Writing of European settlement - South Africa 1652-1910: images of Africa, 1652-1820
- the story of frontier, 1820s-1870s
- Anglicization and the Afrikaans language movements, 1875-1930
- the story of the colony - fiction, 1880-. Part 3 African or colonial literature - 1880s to 1960s: the colonial past in the independent state
- belonging and belief in South Africa, 1910-1948
- identity and the apartheid state, 1948-1970. Part 4 Commissioned by the nation, commissioned by the society - independence, post-independence: Malawi and Zambia - the writer in the one-party state
- Angola and Mozambique - national ideals and pragmatic realities
- Zimbabwe - the unified nation of the functioning society?
- Namibia - making a literature. Part 5 Writing in the interregnum - South Africa, 1970-present day: black consciousness and white Africans
- the black theatre model
- the story of community - a resilient tradition
- the truth of fiction and the fiction of truth
- the state of emergency, the new South Africa.
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: pbk ISBN 9780582053076
内容説明
This is a major study of the work of writers from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Mozambique and Namibia, written at a time of crucial change in the subcontinent. It covers a wide range of work from the storytelling of stone-age Bushmen to modern writing by renowned figures such as Es'kia Mphahlele, Nadine Gordimer and Andre Brink, encompassing traditional, popular and elite writing, literature in translation, and case studies based on topical issues. The main focus of the book is the dynamic relationship between literary culture and political life in the countries with fiercely contested histories. Professor Chapman argues that literary history in the Southern African region is best based on a comparative method which, while respecting differences of language, race and social circumstances, seeks cultural interchange including 'translations' of experience across linguistic and ethnic borders. Instead of perpetuating division, the study examines points of common reference, as it asks what expression of the past is usable in the 1990s, what current expression has significance for societies struggling beyond apartheid and colonialism towards civil charters?
Can Shaka's royal praises in their military aggrandisement be recovered for creative purposes in Mandela's South Africa? Should the expatriate Doris Lessing be regarded as the key figure of Zimbabwean literature? To what distinct constituencies do the Zionist church gatherings and the metafiction of J M Coetzee appeal? In short, Professor Chapman asks what makes a literary culture: who are to be regarded as major and minor authors? What are the strengths and limitations of local and international perspectives? Should literature in today's southern Africa be confined to the art forms of the poems, plays and fiction? The author seeks to answer these questions - vital to all literary discussions - in the volatile context of recent southern African history in a style accessible to the general reader. Southern African Literatures presents a challenge to educators, students and all those interested in the potential of literary education in countries seeking to relate claims of nationhood to claims of modernising societies.
目次
Author's Preface Introduction: Writing Literary History in Southern Africa. Part One: Oral Tradition: A Usable Past 1. Bushman (San) Songs and Stories 2. African (Bantu) Songs, Stories, Praises Part Two: Writing of European Settlement: South Africa 1652-1910 1. Images of Africa, 1652-1820 2. The Story of Frontier, 1820-1870 3. Anglicisation and the Afrikaans language Movements, 1875-1930 4. The Story of the Colony. Fiction, 1880- Part Three: African or Colonial Literature: 1880s to 1960s 1. The Colonial Past in the Independent State 2. Belonging and Belief in South Africa, 1910-1948 3. Belonging and Belief in South Africa, 1910-1948 4. Identity and the Apartheid State, 1958-1970 Part Four: Commissioned by the Nation, Commissioned by the Society, Independence, Post-Independence 1. Malawi and Zambia: The Writer in the One-party State 2. Anglola and Mozambique. National Ideals and Pragmatic Realities 3. Zimbabwe: The Unified Nation or the Functioning Society 4. Namibia: Making a Literature Part Five: Writing in the Interregnum. South Africa, 1970-1995 1. Black Consciousness and White Africans 2. The Black Theatre Model, Towards an Aesthetic of South African Theatre 3. The Story of Community: A Resilient Tradition 4. The Truth of Fiction and the Fiction of Truth: Writing Novels in the Interregnum 5. The State of Emergency, The New South Africa Part Six: Further References Chronology. General Bibliographies. Individual Authors - notes on biography, works and criticism. Index
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