Title: Magical realism in West African fiction
First published: 1998
Description: This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the distinct elements of the genre in a West African context, and in relation to:  * a range of global expressions of magical realism, from the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to that of Salman Rushdie  * wider contemporary trends in African writing, with particular attention to how the realism of authors such as Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka has been connected with nationalist agendas.  This is a fascinating and important work for all those working on African literature, magical realism, or postcoloniality.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, Magic realism (Literature), In literature, West African fiction (English), Postcolonialism in literature, Postcolonialism, Fiction, Literature, African fiction, history and criticism, Fiction, general, Roman ouest-africain (anglais), Histoire et critique, Postcolonialisme, Postcolonialisme dans la littérature, Dans la littérature, Réalisme magique (Littérature), LITERARY CRITICISM, European, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Fictie, Engels, Magisch realisme
Places: West Africa
People: Ben Okri, Syl Cheney-Coker (1945-), B. Kojo Laing
LC classification: PR9344 .C66 1998