Drawing on the discipline of stylistics, this book introduces a series of methodological tools and applies them to works by well-known Nigerian writers, including Abani, Adichie and Okri. In doing so, it demonstrates how attention to form fosters understanding of content in their work, as well as in African and postcolonial literatures more widely.
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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Towards an ‘African Stylistics’? Historiographical and Methodological Considerations 2. Of Palm Oil and Wafers: Characterization in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus 3. ‘The Other Half of the Sun’: Ideology in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun 4. Art is a Journey: Metaphor in Ben Okri’s The Landscapes Within and Dangerous Love 5. ‘Bi-textual’ Poetics: Investigating Form in Chris Abani’s Becoming Abigail 6. Children at War: Language and Representation in Uzodinma Iweala’s Beasts of No Nation and Chris Abani’s Song for Night Conclusion Bibliography IndexDespre autor
Daria Tunca works in the English Department of the University of Liège, Belgium. Her research focuses on stylistic approaches to African literatures, with a particular emphasis on contemporary Nigerian fiction.
Limba Engleză ● Format PDF ● Pagini 203 ● ISBN 9781137264411 ● Mărime fișier 0.9 MB ● Editura Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Oraș London ● Țară GB ● Publicat 2014 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 3359646 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor DRM social