ISBN: 9781603290371

What is the African novel, and how should it be taught?The twenty-three essays of this volume address these two questions and in the process convey a wealth of information and ideas about… More...

What is the African novel, and how should it be taught?The twenty-three essays of this volume address these two questions and in the process convey a wealth of information and ideas about the diverse regions, peoples, nations, languages, and writers of the African continent. Topics include Ng?g? wa Thiong'o's favoring of indigenous languages and literary traditions over European; the special place of Marxism in African letters; the influence of Frantz Fanon; women writers and the What is the African novel, and how should it be taught?The twenty-three essays of this volume address these two questions and in the process convey a wealth of information and ideas about the diverse regions, peoples, nations, languages, and writers of the African continent. Topics include Ng?g? wa Thiong'o's favoring of indigenous languages and literary traditions over European; the special place of Marxism in African letters; the influence of Frantz Fanon; women writers and the sub-Saharan novel; the Maghrebian novel; the novel and the griot epic in the Sahel; Islam in the West African novel; novels in Spanish from Equatorial Guinea; apartheid and postapartheid fiction; African writers in the diaspora; globalization in East African fiction; teaching Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart to students in different countries; the Onitsha market romance. The volume editor, Gaurav Desai, writes, "The point of the volume is to encourage a reading of Africa that is sensitive to its history of colonization but at the same time responsive to its present multiracial and multicultural condition. Books, Language Arts~~Study & Teaching, Teaching-the-African-Novel~~Gaurav-Desai, 999999999, Teaching the African Novel, Guarav Desai (Editor), 1603290370, Modern Language Association of America, , , , , Modern Language Association of America<

ISBN: 9781603290371

What is the African novel, and how should it be taught?The twenty-three essays of this volume address these two questions and in the process convey a wealth of information and ideas about… More...

What is the African novel, and how should it be taught?The twenty-three essays of this volume address these two questions and in the process convey a wealth of information and ideas about the diverse regions, peoples, nations, languages, and writers of the African continent. Topics include Ng?g? wa Thiong'o's favoring of indigenous languages and literary traditions over European; the special place of Marxism in African letters; the influence of Frantz Fanon; women writers and the What is the African novel, and how should it be taught?The twenty-three essays of this volume address these two questions and in the process convey a wealth of information and ideas about the diverse regions, peoples, nations, languages, and writers of the African continent. Topics include Ng?g? wa Thiong'o's favoring of indigenous languages and literary traditions over European; the special place of Marxism in African letters; the influence of Frantz Fanon; women writers and the sub-Saharan novel; the Maghrebian novel; the novel and the griot epic in the Sahel; Islam in the West African novel; novels in Spanish from Equatorial Guinea; apartheid and postapartheid fiction; African writers in the diaspora; globalization in East African fiction; teaching Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart to students in different countries; the Onitsha market romance. The volume editor, Gaurav Desai, writes, "The point of the volume is to encourage a reading of Africa that is sensitive to its history of colonization but at the same time responsive to its present multiracial and multicultural condition. Books, Language Arts~~Study & Teaching, Teaching-the-African-Novel~~Gaurav-Desai, , , , , , , , , , Modern Language Association of America<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: MODERN LANGUAGE ASSN, 427 Seiten, L=229mm, B=155mm, H=30mm, Gew.=748gr, [GR: I-ED - Education / Teaching], Gebunden What is the A… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: MODERN LANGUAGE ASSN, 427 Seiten, L=229mm, B=155mm, H=30mm, Gew.=748gr, [GR: I-ED - Education / Teaching], Gebunden What is the African novel, and how should it be taught?The twenty-three essays of this volume address these two questions and in the process convey a wealth of information and ideas about the diverse regions, peoples, nations, languages, and writers of the African continent.The volume editor, Gaurav Desai, writes, "The point of the volume is to encourage a reading of Africa that is sensitive to its history of colonization but at the same time responsive to its present multiracial and multicultural condition."<

ISBN: 1603290370