Fyfe, Alexander

African Literatures as World Literature

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ISBN 13:
9781501379994
author:
Fyfe, Alexander
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
language:
English
Publication Year:
2024
Pages:
284
Dimensions:
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 centimetres (0
Genre:
Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, African,
Condition:
New
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£35.02

Description

African Literatures as World Literature by Alexander Fyfe and Madhu Krishnan explores how literatures from across the African continent engage with conceptualizations of 'the world' in relation to local social and political issues. This collection examines various geographic, historical, and linguistic contexts to understand the topographies of 'the world' in different literary texts and traditions. The essays in this volume investigate how literary modes and forms such as realism, narrative poetry, or the political essay affect the presentation of worldliness, as well as the material networks of circulation that allow African literatures to become part of global literary studies. By shedding light on these issues, the book contributes important theoretical work that speaks to the core of world literary studies today. Through its diverse perspectives and approaches, this collection offers a nuanced understanding of how African literatures navigate their place within the world and the complex material networks that facilitate their circulation.

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