Viewpoints on selected African fiction
By: Jasper Ahaoma Onuekwusi
Publisher: Imo State University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Owerri [Nigeria]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9789783827455
Subjects: African literature; History and criticism; Nigerian literature (English)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Nigerian novelist and the failure of the elite : the case of T. M. Aluko --; title: Suspense and dialogue as aspects of aesthetics in Elechi Amadi's trilogy --; title: The Nigerian novelist and the validity of transferred systems and institutions : the case of T. M. Aluko --; title: Towards a reasoned poetics of children's fiction in West Africa --; title: The short story : an essential link in the creative development of a pioneer Nigerian novelist --; title: Two novelists on a theme : a study of perception and vision in Iyayi's The contract and Okoye's Men without ears --; title: Narrative strategy and believability in the novels of Isidore Okpewho --; title: Matter and manner in Yambo Ouologuem's Bound to violence --; title: Euphoria and disillusionment in Camara Laye's A dream of Africa --; title: Bessie Head and the triumph of the outcaste [sic] in Maru and A question of power --; title: Journey and the quest for excellence as enduring archetypes in Achebe's novels --; title: Expanding the boundaries of fiction : Chukwuemeka Ike and Our children are coming --; title: Feminism in African literature : the example of Mariama Ba's So long a letter --; title: The African novel and ideology : an exploration of negritude in Oyono's Houseboy --; title: Nigerian fiction and the imperative of creating models for a new millennium.