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The Literary History of the Igbo Novel - African Literature in African Languages (Paperback)
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The Literary History of the Igbo Novel - African Literature in African Languages (Paperback)
Series: Routledge African Studies
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This book looks at the trends in the development of the Igbo novel
from its antecedents in oral performance, through the emergence of
the first published novel, Omenuko, in 1933 by Pita Nwana, to the
contemporary Igbo novel. Defining "Igbo literature" as literature
in Igbo language, and "Igbo novel" as a novel written in Igbo
language, the author argues that oral and written literature in
African indigenous languages hold an important foundational
position in the history of African literature. Focusing on the
contributions of Igbo writers to the development of African
literature in African languages, the book examines the evolution,
themes, and distinctive features of the Igbo novel, the historical
circumstances of the rise of the African novel in the pre-colonial,
era and their impact on the contemporary Igbo novel. This book will
be of interest to scholars of African literature, literary history,
and Igbo studies.
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