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Resurrecting the devil: Notes on Ngugi's theory of the oral-aural African novel.

Authors :
Wise, Christopher
Source :
Research in African Literatures. Spring97, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p134. 7p.
Publication Year :
1997

Abstract

Explores African writer Ngugi wa Thiongo's works on the oral-aural lifeworld and community values of precolonial African culture. Ngugi's longing for the lost community setting of his childhood in a Gikuyu village; Contradictions of Ngugi's theoretical position about the oral-aural African novel; Lamentation for the loss of immediacy.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00345210
Volume :
28
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Research in African Literatures
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
36339