Nigerian Literary Imagination and the Nati...

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This book explores how modern Nigerian fiction is rooted in writers understanding of their identity and perception of Nigeria as a country and home. Surveying a broad range of authors and texts, the book shows how these fictionalized representations of Nigeria reveal authentic perceptions of Nigeriäs history and culture today. Many of the lessons in these works of literature provide cautionary tales and critiques of Nigeria, as well as an examination of the lasting impact of colonialism. Furthermore, the book presents the nation as both the framework and subject of its narrative. By conducting literary analyses of Nigerian fiction with historical reference points, this work demonstrates how Nigerian literature can convey profound themes and knowledge that resonates with audiences, teaching Nigerians and non-Nigerians about the colonial and postcolonial experience. The chapters cover topics on nationhood, womens writing, postcolonial modernity, and Nigerian literature in the digital age.

Über den Autor

Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is a recipient of many distinguished awards, including 16 honorary doctorates.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction: Nation as Fiction/Fictionalizing the Nation.- PART I: COLONIAL PHASE.- 2 Literature and the colonized nation.- 3 Literary Founding Fathers and ideas of Nationhood.- 4 Women writers and the (Post)colony: (Writing) The Colony in Nigerian Women's Works.- PART II: POST-COLONIAL PHASE.- 5 Postcolonial Modernity and Literary Imagination.- 6 Contemporary Women Writers and the Representations of Postcolonial Nigeria.- 7 Literature and Nigeria in the Digital Age.- PART III: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS.- 8 Shifts and Ambiguities: Unstable Literature or Unstable Nation?.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Genre:	Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft , Geisteswissenschaften , Kunst , Musik
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	African Histories and Modernities
Inhalt:	xxi 286 S. 21 s/w Illustr. 286 p. 21 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783031019937
ISBN-10:	3031019938
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Falola, Toyin
Hersteller:	Springer Springer International Publishing AG African Histories and Modernities
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	210 x 148 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Toyin Falola
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.07.2023
Gewicht:	0,401 kg