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Viewpoints on selected African fiction
- Title
- Viewpoints on selected African fiction / Jasper Ahaoma Onuekwusi.
- Author
- Onuekwusi, Jasper
- Publication
- Owerri [Nigeria] : Imo State University Press, 2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PL8010 .O59 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vii, 272 pages; 19 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Nigerian novelist and the failure of the elite : the case of T. M. Aluko -- Suspense and dialogue as aspects of aesthetics in Elechi Amadi's trilogy -- The Nigerian novelist and the validity of transferred systems and institutions : the case of T. M. Aluko -- Towards a reasoned poetics of children's fiction in West Africa -- The short story : an essential link in the creative development of a pioneer Nigerian novelist -- Two novelists on a theme : a study of perception and vision in Iyayi's The contract and Okoye's Men without ears -- Narrative strategy and believability in the novels of Isidore Okpewho -- Matter and manner in Yambo Ouologuem's Bound to violence -- Euphoria and disillusionment in Camara Laye's A dream of Africa -- Bessie Head and the triumph of the outcaste [sic] in Maru and A question of power -- Journey and the quest for excellence as enduring archetypes in Achebe's novels -- Expanding the boundaries of fiction : Chukwuemeka Ike and Our children are coming -- Feminism in African literature : the example of Mariama Ba's So long a letter -- The African novel and ideology : an exploration of negritude in Oyono's Houseboy -- Nigerian fiction and the imperative of creating models for a new millennium.
- ISBN
- 9783827456
- 9789783827455
- LCCN
- 2012552065
- OCLC
- ocn840379259
- 840379259
- SCSB-1682397
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library