Magical Realism in West African Fiction: Seeing with a Third Eye (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415340618)

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.

Author: Brenda Cooper
ISBN-10: 0415340616
ISBN-13: 9780415340618
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 02/19/2004
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.22w x 0.81d