Tell me Africa : an approach to African literature /
James Olney demonstrates that autobiography, because it provides the most direct narrative enactments of the ways, motives, and beliefs of a culture, is an excellent way to approach African literature. After a general discussion of the African ethos, each chapter takes up the "autobiographical&...
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| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
1973.
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| Edice: | Princeton legacy library.
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| On-line přístup: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=946936 |
Obsah:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Introduction and Methodology
- 1. African Autobiography and the Non-African Reader
- 2. Children of Gikuyu and Mumbi
- 3. "Ces pays lointains"
- 4. Love, Sex, and Procreation
- 5. Pornography, Philosophy, and African History
- 6. Politics, Creativity, and Exile
- Anti-Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index