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F. Abiola Irele
The Cambridge Companion to the African Novel
Cambridge: Cambridge U.P., 2009
The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel presents new essays covering the one hundred and fifty year history of the African American novel. Experts in the field from the US and Europe address some of the major issues in the genre: passing, the Protest novel, the Blues novel, and womanism among others. The essays are full of fresh insights for students into the symbolic, aesthetic, and political function of canonical and non-canonical fiction. Chapters examine works by Ralph Ellison, Leon Forrest, Toni Morrison, Ishmael Reed, Alice Walker, John Edgar Wideman, and many others. They reflect a range of critical methods intended to prompt new and experienced readers to consider the African American novel as a cultural and literary act of extraordinary significance. This volume, including a chronology and guide to further reading, is an important resource for students and teachers alike.
Vedi indiceChronology
1. Introduction: perspectives on the African novel F. Abiola Irele
2. The oral/literate interface Olukunle George
3. Chinua Achebe and the African novel Dan Izevbaye
4. Protest and resistance Barbara Harlow
5. The Afrikaans novel Chris Warnes
6. The African novel in Arabic Shaden Tageldin
7. The Francophone novel in North Africa Bernard Aresu
8. The Francophone African novel in Sub-Saharan Africa Lydie Moudileno
9. The historical novel M. Keith Booker
10. Magical realism and the African novel Ato Quayson
11. The African novel and the feminine condition Nana Wilson-Tagoe
12. Bildungsroman and autobiography Apollo Amoko
13. The postcolonial condition Phyllis Taoua
14. New voices and emerging themes Dominic Thomas
15. The critical reception of the African novel Harry Garuba
Further reading
Index.