description: The author of this work takes issue with the prevalent use of oral tradition in the criticism of Europhone written literature as a cultural matrix. Instead, he proposes a view of literary tradition as the outcome of numerous acts of positioning in relation to indigenous resources.
language: English
title: Strategic Transformations in Nigerian Writing: Orality & History in the Work of Rev. Samuel Johnson, Amos Tutuola, Wole Soyinka & Ben Okri
titlecomplete: Strategic Transformations in Nigerian Writing: Orality & History in the Work of Rev. Samuel Johnson, Amos Tutuola, Wole Soyinka & Ben Okri
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Indiana Univ Pr