On the Sacred in African Literature [electronic resource] : Old Gods and New Worlds /
Mathuray, M.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Sacred realism : Ben Okri's The famished road -- The stalled sublime : J.M. Coetzee's Foe -- Conclusion : the political as tragic effect.
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.
Literature   .
African literature.
African languages.
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Fiction.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
African Literature.
African Languages.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Fiction.