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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Prif Awdur: Olney, James (Awdur)
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1973.
Cyfres:Princeton legacy library.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=946936
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • 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