Fertile crossings : metamorphoses of genre in Anglophone West African literature / Pietro Deandrea.
| Author/creator | Deandrea, Pietro |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2002. |
| Description | xix, 293 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cross-Cultures : readings in the post-colonial literatures in English ; 53, 0924-1426 Cross/cultures ; 53. ^A691263 |
| Contents | Prose: the poeticized novel--Orality and the novels of the first generations : Amos Tutuola: the folktale revisited -- Ayi Kwei Armah's griotization of the novel -- Ama Ata Aidoo's storytelling squint -- Kofi Awoonor's novelistic dirges. The rise of West African magical realism : Syl Cheney--Coker's Creole perspective -- Ben Okri: the abiku's double vision -- Breaking fresh ground: Kojo Laing's Search sweet country. Beyond magical realism : An etherized invisibility: Ben Okri's Astonishing the gods -- Kojo Laing's folktale realism. Poetry: between page and stage--Individual voices : Atukwei Okai and the resurgence of the voice -- Kofi Anyuidoho and his contemporary dirges. |
| Contents | Kobena Eyi Acquah and the living echoes. Orality and performance : Poetry performances: a possible precursor -- Poetry performances into the 1990s -- The language of orality in Kojo Laing, Abena Pokua, Adompim Busia and Kwabena Osei-Boahene. Drama: from a different dimension--The paths of the pioneers : The ancestral pool -- The pull towards the popular, and the language question -- Acting spaces -- Generic contaminations: the case of Sutherland's Foriwa -- Unresolved questions. Mohammed ben Abdallah's search for an African theatre : The trial of Mallam Ilya and other plays (1987) -- The fall of Kumbi and other plays (1989) -- Land of a million magicians (1993). Holistic perspectives. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-292). |
| Other forms | Also issued online. |
| Terms of use | Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 0. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Deandrea, Pietro. Fertile crossings. Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2002 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 9042014687 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9789042014688 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9042014784 (hd. bd.) |
| ISBN | 9789042014787 (hd. bd.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PR9340 .D43 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |