Chinua Achebe and the Politics of Narration

Chinua Achebe and the Politics of Narration

Envisioning Language

Lynn, Thomas Jay

Springer International Publishing AG

07/2017

176

Dura

Inglês

9783319513300

15 a 20 dias

This book examines vital intersections of narration, linguistic innovation, and political insight that distinguish Chinua Achebe's fiction as well as his non-fiction commentaries.
1. Introduction.- 2. An Adequate Revolution: Achebe Writes Africa Anew.- 3. Of Flight, Fraud, and Freedom: Achebe's Political Tricksters.- 4. Language and Ambivalence in Achebe's Writing.- 5. Language and the Power of Subordination: Achebe's Integration of Nigerian Pidgin.- 6. Beyond Black and White: British Identity in Achebe's Fiction.- 7. Catastrophe, Aftermath, Amnesia: Chinua Achebe's "Civil Peace".- 8. Unfolding Dialogue: Teaching Achebe's Fiction.- 9. Conclusion: The Ends of Narration.-
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