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Resurrecting the devil: Notes on Ngugi's theory of the oral-aural African novel.
- Source :
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Research in African Literatures . Spring97, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p134. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 1997
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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.
- Subjects :
- *AFRICAN folk literature
*CRITICISM
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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