Author: Pietro Deandrea
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042014787
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In retracing some of the routes followed by West African literature in English over the course of the last three decades, this book employs an original multidimensional approach whereby the three main genres - narrative, poetry and drama - are considered in the light of their intricate web of fecund rapport and mutual influence. Authors such as Tutuola, Armah, Aidoo and Awoonor translated the fluid structures of orality into written prose, and consequently infused their works with poetic and dramatic resonance, thereby challenging the canonical dominance of social realism and paving the way for the birth of West African magical realism in Laing, Okri and Cheney-Coker. Starting in the 1970s, poetry on stage has become a mainstream genre in Ghana, thanks to performances by Okai, Anyidoho and Acquah. Boundaries between literary theatre and other genres have undergone a similar dissolution in the affirmation of the concept of 'total art' from Efua Sutherland to ben Abdallah, Osofisan and others. Fertile Crossings offers a study of these topics from various viewpoints, blending in-depth textual analysis with reflections on the political import of the works in question within the context of the present state of African societies, all supported by interviews with most of the authors.
Fertile Crossings
Author: Pietro Deandrea
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042014787
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In retracing some of the routes followed by West African literature in English over the course of the last three decades, this book employs an original multidimensional approach whereby the three main genres - narrative, poetry and drama - are considered in the light of their intricate web of fecund rapport and mutual influence. Authors such as Tutuola, Armah, Aidoo and Awoonor translated the fluid structures of orality into written prose, and consequently infused their works with poetic and dramatic resonance, thereby challenging the canonical dominance of social realism and paving the way for the birth of West African magical realism in Laing, Okri and Cheney-Coker. Starting in the 1970s, poetry on stage has become a mainstream genre in Ghana, thanks to performances by Okai, Anyidoho and Acquah. Boundaries between literary theatre and other genres have undergone a similar dissolution in the affirmation of the concept of 'total art' from Efua Sutherland to ben Abdallah, Osofisan and others. Fertile Crossings offers a study of these topics from various viewpoints, blending in-depth textual analysis with reflections on the political import of the works in question within the context of the present state of African societies, all supported by interviews with most of the authors.
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042014787
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In retracing some of the routes followed by West African literature in English over the course of the last three decades, this book employs an original multidimensional approach whereby the three main genres - narrative, poetry and drama - are considered in the light of their intricate web of fecund rapport and mutual influence. Authors such as Tutuola, Armah, Aidoo and Awoonor translated the fluid structures of orality into written prose, and consequently infused their works with poetic and dramatic resonance, thereby challenging the canonical dominance of social realism and paving the way for the birth of West African magical realism in Laing, Okri and Cheney-Coker. Starting in the 1970s, poetry on stage has become a mainstream genre in Ghana, thanks to performances by Okai, Anyidoho and Acquah. Boundaries between literary theatre and other genres have undergone a similar dissolution in the affirmation of the concept of 'total art' from Efua Sutherland to ben Abdallah, Osofisan and others. Fertile Crossings offers a study of these topics from various viewpoints, blending in-depth textual analysis with reflections on the political import of the works in question within the context of the present state of African societies, all supported by interviews with most of the authors.
The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilization in the Vegetable Kingdom,
Author: Charles Darwin
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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The Effects of Inbreeding, Cross-breeding, and Selection Upon the Fertility and Variability of Drosophilia
Author: William Ernest Castle
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Category : Breeding
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Category : Breeding
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera
Author: James William Tutt
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Category : Lepidoptera
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Category : Lepidoptera
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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A Natural History of the British Alucitides
Author: James William Tutt
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Category : Alucitides
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Category : Alucitides
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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A Natural History of the British Butterflies
Author: James William Tutt
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Category : Butterflies
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Category : Butterflies
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
Author: Entomological Society of London (1833-1933)
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Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
Author: Royal Entomological Society of London
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Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Genetic studies on a cavy species cross
Author: John Adolph Detlefsen
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Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Languages : en
Pages : 182
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The Works of Charles Darwin: Vol 25: The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom (1878)
Author: Paul H Barrett
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315476479
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The 25th volume in a 29-volume set which contain all Charles Darwin's published works. Darwin was one of the most influential figures of the 19th century. His work remains a central subject of study in the history of ideas, the history of science, zoology, botany, geology and evolution.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315476479
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The 25th volume in a 29-volume set which contain all Charles Darwin's published works. Darwin was one of the most influential figures of the 19th century. His work remains a central subject of study in the history of ideas, the history of science, zoology, botany, geology and evolution.