| Title | : | Magical Realism in West African Fiction |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Brenda Cooper |
| Release | : | 2012-10-12 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Literary Criticism, Books, Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction |
| Size | : | 2874654 |
| This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the distinct elements of the genre in a West African context, and in relation to: * a range of global expressions of magical realism, from the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to that of Salman Rushdie * wider contemporary trends in African writing, with particular attention to how the realism of authors such as Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka has been connected with nationalist agendas. This is a fascinating and important work for all those working on African literature, magical realism, or postcoloniality. |
