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Western criticism has largely failed to acknowledge the distinctiveness of African literary aesthetics. This book revises traditional literary canons in examini
Heroism and the Supernatural in the African Epic
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Authors: Mariam Konaté Deme
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There exists a strong tendency within Western literary criticism to either deny the existence of epics in Africa or to see African literatures as exotic copies
African Cultural Production and the Rhetoric of Humanism
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A broad range of cultural works produced in traditional and modern African communities shows a fundamental preoccupation with the concepts of communal solidarit
African Literature in French
Language: en
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Authors: Dorothy S. Blair
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1976-11-18 - Publisher: CUP Archive

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This 1976 book provides both a historical survey and a critical analysis of the literature in French from West and Equatorial Africa. Professor Blair begins by
Ethnosensitive Dimensions of African Oral Literature
Language: en
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Authors: Ebeogu, Afam
Categories: Literary Criticism
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Ethnosensitive Dimensions of African Oral Literature: Igbo Perspectives is a collection of nineteen essays spanning all genres of African Oral literature, from