Literatures in african languages: theoretical issues and sample surveys

Although African literatures in English and French are widely known outside Africa, those in the African languages themselves have not received comparable attention. In this book a number have been selected for survey by fourteen specialist writers, providing the reader with an introduction to this very wide field and a body of reference material which includes extensive bibliographies and biographical information on African authors. Theoretical issues such as genre divisions are discussed in the essays and the historical, social and political forces at work in the creation and reception of African literature are examined. Literature is treated as an art whose medium is language, so that boththe oral and written forms are encompassed. This book will be of value not only to readers concerned with the cultures of Africa but to all those with an interest in the literary phenomena of the world in general. INDICE: Preface; Editors' introduction; 1. Oral litertaure B. W. Andrzejewski; 2. The rise of written literatures in African languages Stanislaw Pilaszewicz; 3. Literature in Fula D. W. Arnott; 4. Literatures in the Mande and neighbouring languages Gordon Innes; 5. Akan folk literature and the beginnings ofwriting in Twi Nina Pawlak; 6. Yoruba literature Adeboye Babalola; 7. Literature in the Hausa language Stanislaw Pilaszewicz; 8. Writing and literature in classical Ethiopic Aleksander Ferenc; 9. Ethiopian literature in Amharic Joanna Mantel-Niecko; 10. Somali litertaure B. W. Andrzejewski; 11. Literaures in Cushtic languages other than Somali B. W. Andrzejewski; 12. Malagasy literaturein Madagaskar Zefaniasy Bmananjara and Suzy-Andree Ramamonjisoa; 13. Literature in Swahili Rajmund Ohly; 14. Zulu oral tradition and literature Harold Schueb; 15. Mbosa oral and literary traditions Harold Schueb; 16. Southern Sotho literature Josh R. Masiea; 17. Tswana literature Josh R. Masiea; 18. The oral literature of the San and related peoples Roger Hewitt.

• ISBN: 978-0-521-12625-0
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 676
• Fecha Publicación: 14/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés