| Author: | Mpalive-Hangson Msiska, Paul Hyland | ISBN: | 9781315505152 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | July 28, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mpalive-Hangson Msiska, Paul Hyland |
| ISBN: | 9781315505152 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | July 28, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This volume reflects one of the new areas of English Studies as it broadens to take in non-western literatures, and places more emphasis on the contexts and broader notions of `writing'. In discussing writing from and about Africa, this collection touches on studies in black writing, colonialism and imperialism and cultural development in the third world. It begins by providing a historical introduction to the main regional traditions, and then builds on this to discuss major issues, such as oral tradition, the significance of `literature' as a western import, representations of Africa in western writing, African writing against colonialism and its themes and politics in a post-colonial world, popular writing and the representation of women.
This volume reflects one of the new areas of English Studies as it broadens to take in non-western literatures, and places more emphasis on the contexts and broader notions of `writing'. In discussing writing from and about Africa, this collection touches on studies in black writing, colonialism and imperialism and cultural development in the third world. It begins by providing a historical introduction to the main regional traditions, and then builds on this to discuss major issues, such as oral tradition, the significance of `literature' as a western import, representations of Africa in western writing, African writing against colonialism and its themes and politics in a post-colonial world, popular writing and the representation of women.
