Academic Discourses on African Postcolonial Literature in the Past 20 Years

An Annotated Bibliography


Project Report, 2012

19 Pages, Grade: 1,0


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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Introductions to and Overviews of African Literature

3. Genres in African Literature
5.1 The African Novel
5.2 African Poetry

4. African Literature as a Subject of Literary and Cultural Studies
4.1 African Literary Theories
4.2 Weaknesses of Postcolonial Theory in the Context of African Writing
4.2.1 Patronage and the Cultural Binary
4.2.2 Problems Related to Eurocentric Criticism of African Literature
4.3 Suggested Solutions

5. Questions of Language
5.1 Language in African Writing
5.2 Oral Forms of Literature

6. New Directions in African Literature
6.1 Female African Writers and Issues of Gender
6.2 Globalization and Postcolonialism
6.3 African Literature in the 21st Century

7. Conclusion

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Title
Academic Discourses on African Postcolonial Literature in the Past 20 Years
Subtitle
An Annotated Bibliography
College
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Grade
1,0
Author
Year
2012
Pages
19
Catalog Number
V278565
ISBN (eBook)
9783656718772
ISBN (Book)
9783656718741
File size
446 KB
Language
English
Keywords
academic, discourses, african, postcolonial, literature, past, years, annotated, bibliography
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Anna Poppen (Author), 2012, Academic Discourses on African Postcolonial Literature in the Past 20 Years, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/278565

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