African Identity Today in the Writings of John Maxwell Coetzee and - Ben Silver Okr

This book is a comparative study of the writings of the South African author John Maxwell Coetzee and the Nigerian author Ben Silver Okri. It charts the thematic and technical presentation of cultural identity in the literary output of both authors, with special reference to their respective trilogies.

List of contents

Part One: J.M. Coetzee: Life Writing between Cultures
Chapter One
Coetzee's Scenes from Provincial Life Trilogy
Chapter Two
Scenes from Provincial Life Trilogy: Coetzee's Style of Writing
Part Two: Ben Okri: A Rooted Voice
Chapter Three
Okri's The Famished Road Trilogy
Chapter Four
The Famished Road Trilogy: Okri's Technical Mode of Writing
Conclusion

About the author

Heba Mohamed Abdelaziz

Product details

• Authors: Heba Mohamed Abdelaziz, Heba Mohamed Abdelaziz
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2024
• EAN: 9781666930474
• ISBN: 978-1-66693-047-4
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Africa, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism