Intertextuality in contemporary African literature
Subtitle: looking inward
By: Ode Ogede
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780739164464; 9780739164488
Subjects: Intertextuality; African literature; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: When an elephant rustles the bush; title: Is a picture still worth a thousand words? from documentary to investigative realism: Cyprian Ekwensi's Jagua Nana and Flora Nwapa's One is enough; title: Lampoon, or the power of savage satire, and the visual object of distaste: Chinua Achebe's A man of the people and Ayi Kwei Armah's The beautyful ones are not yet born; title: On the politics of love: Chinua Achebe's No longer at ease and Bessie Head's Maru; title: Masking the infrastuctural frame: Christopher Okigbo and his acolytes (Labyrinths' aural and thematic echoes in Okinba Launko's Minted coins and Chimalum Nwankwo's The heart in the womb); title: Conclusion: coming out of shadow: eye on the tradition, looking for consequence.