Trauma and Transformation in African Literature

This book interrogates the relevance of trauma for African literatures, arguing that a thoughtful application of trauma theory in relation to African literatures is in fact a productive exercise.

Info autore

J. Roger Kurtz is professor of English and head of the Department of English and Philosophy at Drexel University in Philadelphia PA. His research interests center on East African literatures and cultures, and he is the author Literature and Trauma (Cambridge University Press), Song of Nyarloka: The Writing of Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (Mvule Africa Publishers), and Urban Obsessions, Urban Fears: The Postcolonial Kenyan Novel (James Currey Press).

Riassunto

This book interrogates the relevance of trauma for African literatures, arguing that a thoughtful application of trauma theory in relation to African literatures is in fact a productive exercise.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: J. Roger Kurtz, J. Roger (Suny Brockport Kurtz
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.05.2023
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia
• EAN: 9780367562120
• ISBN: 978-0-367-56212-0
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Serie: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
• Categorie: Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Africa, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, postcolonial trauma theory, African moral imagination, psychological healing narratives, literary case studies Africa, trauma healing in African fiction, peacebuilding literature, memory studies Africa