Strategic transformations in Nigerian writing : orality & history in the work of Rev. Samuel Johnson, Amos Tutuola, Wole Soyinka & Ben Okri
by
Quayson, Ato.
Title
:
Strategic transformations in Nigerian writing : orality & history in the work of Rev. Samuel Johnson, Amos Tutuola, Wole Soyinka & Ben Okri
Author
:
Quayson, Ato.
ISBN
:
9780852555439
9780852555446
9780253333438
9780253211484
Personal Author
:
Quayson, Ato.
Publication Information
:
Oxford : J. Currey ; Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1997.
Physical Description
:
x, 180 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
:
1. Introduction: African Literature & the Question of Orality -- 2. Nutritive Junctures: Rev. Samuel Johnson & Yoruba Historiography -- 3. Treasures of an Opulent Fancy: Amos Tutuola & the Folktale Narrative -- 4. The Space of Transformations: Theory, Myth & Ritual in the Work of Wole Soyinka -- 5. Narrative Through a Prism of Indigenous Beliefs: Examples from Ben Okri's Short Stories -- 6. Harvesting the Folkloric Intuition: The Famished Road -- Appendix: 'Esoteric' Passages in The Famished Road -- 7. Conclusions & Reflections: Methods, Means & Meanings.
Personal Subject
:
Soyinka, Wole-Knowledge-Folklore.
Tutuola, Amos-Knowledge-Folklore.
Okri, Ben-Knowledge-Folklore.
Johnson, Samuel, -1901.
Subject Term
:
Nigerian literature (English) -- History and criticism.
Literature and folklore -- Nigeria -- History.
Literature and history -- Nigeria -- History.
Yoruba (African people) -- Historiography.
Oral tradition -- Nigeria.
Geographic Term
:
Nigeria -- Historiography.
Electronic Access
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| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015737410 | 820.99669 J69S 1997 | 1 |