metamorphoses of genre in Anglophone West African literatureDeandrea, Pietro.creatortextbibliographyCriticism, interpretation, etc.neAmsterdamNew YorkRodopi2002monographiceng

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xix, 293 pages ; 23 cm.Prose: the poeticized novel--Orality and the novels of the first generations : Amos Tutuola: the folktale revisited -- Ayi Kwei Armah's griotization of the novel -- Ama Ata Aidoo's storytelling squint -- Kofi Awoonor's novelistic dirges. The rise of West African magical realism : Syl Cheney--Coker's Creole perspective -- Ben Okri: the abiku's double vision -- Breaking fresh ground: Kojo Laing's Search sweet country. Beyond magical realism : An etherized invisibility: Ben Okri's Astonishing the gods -- Kojo Laing's folktale realism. Poetry: between page and stage--Individual voices : Atukwei Okai and the resurgence of the voice -- Kofi Anyuidoho and his contemporary dirges.Kobena Eyi Acquah and the living echoes. Orality and performance : Poetry performances: a possible precursor -- Poetry performances into the 1990s -- The language of orality in Kojo Laing, Abena Pokua, Adompim Busia and Kwabena Osei-Boahene. Drama: from a different dimension--The paths of the pioneers : The ancestral pool -- The pull towards the popular, and the language question -- Acting spaces -- Generic contaminations: the case of Sutherland's Foriwa -- Unresolved questions. Mohammed ben Abdallah's search for an African theatre : The trial of Mallam Ilya and other plays (1987) -- The fall of Kumbi and other plays (1989) -- Land of a million magicians (1993). Holistic perspectives.Pietro Deandrea.Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-292).Also issued online. 1900-1999 fast 1523 West African literature (English)20th centuryHistory and criticismWest African poetry (English)20th centuryHistory and criticismWest African drama (English)20th centuryHistory and criticismWest African drama (English)West African literature (English)West African poetry (English)EnglischLiteraturLiteraturAnglophones AfrikaWestafrikaAnglophones AfrikaWestafrikaPR9340 .D43 2002820.9/966HP 1224Deandrea, Pietro.Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2002(OCoLC)6070297559042014687978904201468890420147849789042014787http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=010284934&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIAhttp://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=010284934&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIAYDXCP07091420220304132141.0ocn171545999eng