Magical Realism in West African Fiction (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures)
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Magical Realism in West African Fiction (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures)
Book Details
- Author
- Brenda Cooper
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Criticism & Theory
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780415340618
- ISBN-10
- 0415340616
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ISBN: 0415340616
Author: Cooper, Brenda
Condition: New
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.
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