Southern African literatures (Paperback, 2nd ed)

Southern African Literatures is a major study of the work of writers from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Mozambique and Namibia, written at a time of crucial change in the subcontinent. It covers a wide range of work from the storytelling of stone-age Bushmen to modern writing by renowned figures such as Es'kia Mphahlele, Nadine Gordimer and Andr Brink, encompassing traditional, popular and elite writing; literature in translation; and case studies based on topical issues. Michael Chapman argues that literary history in the southern African region is best based on a comparative method which, while respecting differences of language, race and social circumstance, seeks cultural interchange including "translations" of experience across linguistic and ethnic borders. Instead of perpetuating division, the study examines points of common reference, as it asks what makes a literary culture. Who are to be regarded as major and minor authors? What are the strengths and limita

General

Imprint:	University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	December 2003
First published:	May 2003
Authors:	Michael Chapman
Dimensions:	230 x 150 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	533
Edition:	2nd ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-86914-028-1
Categories:	Books > Law > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: special interest > General
LSN:	1-86914-028-1
Barcode:	9781869140281

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