Intertextuality in Contemporary African Literature: Looking Inward (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780739164464)

This book is a study in African literary influence. It focuses on the importance of indigenous sources to new writing. The analytical framework for the study draws on recent conceptual advances in theories of authorship. Juxtaposing works and authors that are traditionally thought to be unlikely bedfellows, the book persuasively identifies their hitherto unexamined points of contact, opening up a vigorous debate about the roots of African literature and offering a radical critique of the assumptions underlying conventional notions of African literature. The book provides valuable insight on the roles of such activities as appropriation, copying, pastiche, parody, simulation, foraging, grafting, padding, recycling, and remodeling in underwriting literary expression in Africa. Alive with wit and full of delight in the texts it discusses, it is a marvel of close and attentive, detective reading.

Author: Ode Ogede
ISBN-10: 0739164465
ISBN-13: 9780739164464
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 08/18/2011
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.61w x 0.47d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2012