Myth, Literature And The African World

Klappentext One of the foremost living African writers here analyses the interconnecting worlds of myth, ritual and literature in Africa. In ways in which the African world perceives itself as a cultural entity, and the differences between its essential unity of experience and literary form and the sense of division pervading Western literature, are just some of the issued addressed. Zusammenfassung Wole Soyinka! winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the foremost living African writers! here analyses the interconnecting worlds of myth! ritual and literature in Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Morality and aesthetics in the ritual archetype; 2. Drama and the African world-view; 3. Ideology and the social vision (1): the religious factor; 4. Ideology and the social vision (2): the secular ideal; Appendix: the fourth stage; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Wole Soyinda, Wole Soyinka, Wole (University of Ife Soyinka, Soyinka Wole
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.09.1990
• EAN: 9780521398343
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39834-3
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 215 mm x 11 mm
• Serie: CANTO; CANTO
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata