Magical Realism in West African Fiction - Seeing with a third eye (Paperback)

This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the distinct elements of the genre in a West African context, and in relation to:
* a range of global expressions of magical realism, from the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to that of Salman Rushdie
* wider contemporary trends in African writing, with particular attention to how the realism of authors such as Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka has been connected with nationalist agendas.
This is a fascinating and important work for all those working on African literature, magical realism, or postcoloniality.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
Release date:	February 2004
First published:	1998
Authors:	Brenda Cooper
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	258
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-34061-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-415-34061-6
Barcode:	9780415340618

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