Critical perspectives on Nigerian literatures
By: edited by Bernth Lindfors.
Contributors: Lindfors, Bernth.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Critical perspectives ; 3
Publisher: Three Continents Press
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Nigerian literature -- History and criticism.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 277-[286]
Table of contents: value: Vernacular literatures: Olajubu, O. Iwi Egungun chants. Owomoyela, O. Folklore and Yoruba theater. Adedeji, J. Trends in the content and form of the opening glee in Yoruba theater. Skinner, N., et al. Wakar Bushiya. Echeruo, M. The dramatic limits of Igbo ritual. Emenyonu, E. Early fiction in Igbo.; value: Literatures in English: Armstrong, R. P. The narrative and intensive continuity. Brown, L. Cultural norms and modes of perception in Achebe's fiction. Skinner, N. From Hausa to English. Nwoga, D. Plagiarism and authentic creativity in West Africa. Lindfors, B. The early writings of Wole Soyinka. Dodson, D. The role of the publisher in Onitsha market literature. Stevenson, W. H. The horn. Kronenfeld, J. Z. The "communistic" African and the "individualistic" Westerner.