On the Sacred in African Literature : Old Gods and New Worlds
by
M. Mathuray
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0230577555
ISBN-13
9780230577558
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 23rd, 2009
Print length
205 Pages
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This innovative book provides an original approach to the analysis of the representation of myth, ritual, and 'magic' in African literature. Emphasizing the ambivalent nature of the sacred, it advances work on the religious dimension of canonical African texts and attends to the persistence of pre-colonial cultures in postcolonial spaces.
Introduction PART I: DIRECTIONS Realising the Sacred: Chinua Achebe''s Arrow of God Dramatising the Sacred: Wole Soyinka''s ''The Fourth Stage'' and Kongi''s Harvest Politicising the Sacred: Ngugi wa Thiong''o''s The River Between PART II: INDIRECTIONS Sacred Realism: Ben Okri''s The Famished Road The Stalled Sublime: J.M. Coetzee''s Foe Conclusion: The Political as Tragic Effect Notes Works Cited Index
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