{"product_id":"the-liminal-novel-wangari-wa-nyatetu-waigwa-9780820421681","title":"The Liminal Novel: Studies in the Francophone-African Novel as Bildungsroman","description":"Critical studies of African literature, especially those treating colonial-era novels, have typically taken the form of thematic analyses. In an important departure from this trend, \u003ci\u003eThe Liminal Novel\u003c\/i\u003e concentrates instead on how meaning is achieved in three African novels of the 1950s - Camara Laye's \u003ci\u003eL'enfant noir\u003c\/i\u003e, Hamidou Kane's \u003ci\u003eL'aventure ambigue\u003c\/i\u003e, and Mongo Beti's \u003ci\u003eMission terminée\u003c\/i\u003e. The analysis offered here is innovative on at least two counts. First, appropriating the anthropological rite of passage model, it argues convincingly for a reclassification of the three novels as members of a subset within the genre of Bildungsroman. Second, while illuminating the artistic dimensions of these works through careful scrutiny of imagery, setting, and discourse, \u003ci\u003eThe Liminal Novel\u003c\/i\u003e also provides a new and valuable tool for reading many colonial coming-of-age novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wangari Wa Nyatetu-Waigwa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820421685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820421681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Wangari Wa Nyatetu-Waigwa","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48241118478591,"sku":"9780820421681","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0de60664-e774-48c9-bc50-db7d4eb82289.jpg?v=1772652823","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-liminal-novel-wangari-wa-nyatetu-waigwa-9780820421681","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}