OBIECHINA, EMMANUEL
CULTURE, TRADITION AND SOCIETY IN THE WEST AFRICAN NOVEL.
Cambridge, etc, Cambridge University Press, 1980. Reprint of the 1975 edition. Sewed / Card covers, 22,5cmx15cm, Good copy. 'African Studies Series' - 14. Contents: I). Introduction. 1). Background to the West African novel. a). Literacy and the broadering of consciousness. b). The spread of massa media. c). The literate middle class and the rise of the novel. d). Cultural nationalism. e). Foreign novelists on West Africa. f). Oral tradition. II). Domestication of the novel in West Africa. 2). Oral and literary traditions in West Africa. 3). Nature, music, art. 4). Characterization. 5). Space and time. 6). Setting. 7). Language. III). The changing scene. 8). Culture contact and culture conflict. 9). Conclusion. With notes, references, bibliography and index. 298 pag.
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