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  • 1
    ISBN: 9781847013460
    Language: Undetermined
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Keywords: Literature: history & criticism ; Literary studies: general ; Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) ; Literary Criticism ; African ; Literary Criticism ; Modern ; 21st Century ; Foreign Language Study ; African Languages
    Abstract: Interrogates and explores African literature in African languages today, and the continuing interfaces between works in indigenous languages and those written in European languages or languages of colonizers. Sixty years after the Conference of African Writers of English Expression at Makerere University, the dominance in the global canon of African literatures written in European languages over those in indigenous languages continues to be an issue. This volume of re-examines this central question of African literatures to ask, What is the state of African literatures in African languages today? Contributors discuss the translation of Gurnah's novel Paradise to Swahili, and Osemwegies ;Ọrọ Epic;lt; to English, and Wolof wrestlers panegyrics. They analyse Edo eco-critical poetry, and the poetics of Igbo mask poetry, and morality in early prose fiction in indigenous Nigerian languages. Other essays contribute a semiotic analysis of Duruaku ;A Matter of Identity, and the decolonization of trauma in Uwem Akpan Say Youre One of Them. Overall, the volume paints a complex image of African cultural production in indigenous languages, especially in the ways Africas oral performance traditions remain resilient in the face of a seemingly undiminished presence of non-African language literary traditions
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  • 2
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    ISBN: 9781847013316
    Language: Undetermined
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Keywords: Literature: history & criticism ; Literary studies: general ; Popular culture
    Abstract: Explores and interrogates the many and diverse perspectives of the new frontiers of African literary studies. Publication of the seminal volume African Literature Comes of Age by C.D. Narasimhaiah (India) and Ernest N. Emenyonu (Nigeria), in 1988 generated the consciousness that African literature had attained maturity by the evolution of diverse concerns among scholars, critics, and researchers over the decades following the publication, in the English language, of Chinua Things Fall Apart in 1958. Since the publication of the first volume of African Literature Today in the 1970s, the writings of Africans across the continent have spread across the globe, constituting refreshing and hitherto unimaginable epistemologies. This 40th volume provides a serious critical response to those changing horizons and reflects African literature's maturity, diversity, scope, spread, and above all, relevance. The topics discussed range from sickle cell disease to the animalization of humans, new feminisms and stereotypes of womanhood, the different shades of black masculinity, and political exploitation in creative works. Reaching across boundaries, recent fictions are seen to suggest a widening of conventional literary genres, and new forms that change the known trajectories of dramatic theatre. The substance, freshness, and vitality that characterize the articles in this volume of 〈i〉African Literature Today bring a welcome perspective to the continent's rich creative life
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  • 3
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    ISBN: 9781003290186 , 9781032268422 , 9781032268439
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Keywords: Nigerian fiction (English) History and criticism ; Literature and society History 20th century ; Literature and society History 21st century ; Postcolonialism in literature ; Literature: history & criticism
    Abstract: This book considers the evolution and characteristics of Nigeria’s third-generation literature, which emerged between the late 1980s and the early 1990s and is marked by expressive modes and concerns distinctly different from those of the preceding era. The creative writing of this period reflects new sensibilities and anxieties about Nigeria’s changing fortunes in the post-colonial era. The literature of the third generation is startling in its candidness, irreverence as well as the brutal self-disclosure of its characters, and it is governed by an unusually wide-ranging sweep in narrative techniques. This book examines six key texts of the oeuvre: Maria Ajima’s The Web, Okey Ndibe’s Foreign Gods, Inc., Teju Cole’s Open City, Chika Unigwe’s On Black Sisters Street, Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Thing Around Your Neck. The texts interpret contemporary corruption and other unspeakable social malaise; together, they point to the exciting future of Nigerian literature, which has always been defined by its daring creativity and inventive expressive modes. Even conventional storytelling strategies receive revitalizing energies in these angst-driven narratives. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of contemporary African literature, Sociology, Gender and women’s studies, and post-colonial cultural expression more broadly
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9783968694030 , 9788491923350 , 9783968694023
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (447 p.)
    Series Statement: Ediciones de Iberoamericana
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Caminos cruzados
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    Keywords: 1900-1999 ; Spanish American literature History and criticism ; Spanish American literature History and criticism 20th century ; Exiles' writings, Spanish American History and criticism ; Literature: history & criticism ; Littérature hispano-américaine - Histoire et critique ; Littérature hispano-américaine - 20e siècle - Histoire et critique ; Littérature de l'exil hispano-américaine - Histoire et critique ; Exiles' writings, Spanish American ; Spanish American literature ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Literary criticism ; Lateinamerika ; Spanisch ; Exilliteratur ; Spanier ; Philosoph ; Schriftsteller ; Exil ; Lateinamerika
    Abstract: Studying the dialogue between literature and philosophy in the Spanish exile in Latin America requires a historiographical effort, since the exile is framed in a historical before and after: in the "before" of its traditional context, that of the ideas belonging to the place of origin prior to exile. These ideas, capable of developing or changing in the "after" of the post-exile world (in this case, the Spanish-American world), give life to the poetic and philosophical works gestated in the land where the exiles found the protection and shelter of a new homeland: Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela. This book offers interdisciplinary elements to map the paths in which a group of authors whose life and work was marked, directly or indirectly, by the experience of exile cross: Max Aub, Luis Cernuda, José Gaos, Manuel García Morente, Juan Larrea , Eduardo Nicol, Alfonso Reyes, Josep Solanes and María Zambrano. The texts thematize the work, context, and influences of writers, poets, and philosophers who arrived in Latin America fleeing political persecution and the Civil War in Spain. Many of the exiles saw in the nation that welcomed them the opportunity for a new beginning, others, on the other hand, the place of eternal nostalgia and permanent mourning for their lost home. In all cases, this circumstance was reflected in the work of the exile authors discussed here, in their efforts to reinvent literature, philosophy or the relationship between the two, as well as in their contributions to the dissemination of these two disciplines in organs cultural institutions such as educational institutions, publishing houses and magazines
    Abstract: "Estudiar el diálogo entre literatura y filosofía en el exilio español en Hispanoamérica requiere de un esfuerzo historiográfico, pues el exilio está enmarcado en un antes y un después histórico: en el "antes" de su contexto tradicional, el de las ideas pertenecientes al lugar de origen previo al destierro. Estas ideas, susceptibles de desarrollarse o cambiar en el "después" del ámbito posterior al destierro (en este caso el mundo hispanoamericano), dan vida a las obras poéticas y filosóficas gestadas en la tierra donde los desterrados encontraron la protección y el abrigo de un nuevo terruño: Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, México, Venezuela. Este libro ofrece elementos interdisciplinarios para mapear los caminos en los que se cruza un grupo de autores cuya vida y obra estuvo marcada, directa o indirectamente, por la experiencia del exilio: Max Aub, Luis Cernuda, José Gaos, Manuel García Morente, Juan Larrea, Eduardo Nicol, Alfonso Reyes, Josep Solanes y María Zambrano. Los textos tematizan la obra, contexto e influencias de literatos, poetas y filósofos que arribaron a Hispanoamérica huyendo de la persecución política y de la Guerra Civil en España. Muchos de los exiliados vieron en la nación que los acogía la oportunidad de un nuevo comienzo, otros, en cambio, el lugar de la nostalgia eterna y el duelo permanente por el hogar perdido. En todos los casos esta circunstancia se vio reflejada en la obra de los autores del exilio aquí abordados, en sus esfuerzos por reinventar la literatura, la filosofía o la relación entre ambas, así como en sus aportes a la difusión de estas dos disciplinas en órganos culturales como instituciones educativas, editoriales y revistas."--Publisher's description
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  • 5
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    ISBN: 9780824895358
    Language: Undetermined
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Keywords: Ethnic studies ; Literature: history & criticism ; Social discrimination & inequality
    Abstract: Relative Histories focuses on the Asian American memoir that specifically recounts the story of at least three generations of the same family. This form of auto/biography concentrates as much on other members of one's family as on oneself, generally collapses the boundaries conventionally established between biography and autobiography, and in many cases-as Rocío G. Davis proposes for the auto/biographies of ethnic writers-crosses the frontier into history, promoting collective memory. Davis centers on how Asian American family memoirs expand the limits and function of life writing by reclaiming history and promoting community cohesion. She argues that identity is shaped by not only the stories we have been told, but also the stories we tell, making these narratives important examples of the ways we remember our family's past and tell our community's story. In the context of auto/biographical writing or filmmaking that explores specific ethnic experiences of diaspora, assimilation, and integration, this work considers two important aspects: These texts re-imagine the past by creating a work that exists both in history and as a historical document, making the creative process a form of re-enactment of the past itself. Each chapter centers on a thematic concern germane to the Asian American experience: the narrative of twentieth-century Asian wars and revolutions, which has become the subtext of a significant number of Asian American family memoirs (Pang-Mei Natasha Chang's Bound Feet and Western Dress, May-lee and Winberg Chai's The Girl from Purple Mountain, K. Connie Kang's Home Was The Land of Morning Calm, Doung Van Mai Elliott's The Sacred Willow); family experiences of travel and displacement within Asia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which unveil a history of multiple diasporas that are often elided after families immigrate to the United States (Helie Lee's Still Life With Rice, Jael Silliman's Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames, Mira Kamdar's Motiba's Tattoos); and the development of Chinatowns as family spaces (Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men, Lisa See's On Gold Mountain, Bruce Edward Hall's Tea that Burns). The final chapter analyzes the discursive possibilities of the filmed family memoir ("family portrait documentary"), examining Lise Yasui's A Family Gathering, Ruth Ozeki Lounsbury's Halving the Bones, and Ann Marie Fleming's The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam. Davis concludes the work with a metaliterary engagement with the history of her own Asian diasporic family as she demonstrates the profound interconnection between forms of life writing
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9783777633404
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Keywords: Literature: history & criticism ; Konferenzschrift 2010 ; Festschrift ; Bibliografie ; Mittelhochdeutsch ; Literatur ; Geschichte 700-1800 ; Gerhardt, Christoph 1940-2010
    Abstract: Der Band versammelt Beiträge zur Literatur-, Sprach- und Kunstgeschichte des Mittelalters, die den Fragestellungen, der Methodik und den Forschungsergebnissen des Trierer Germanisten Christoph Gerhardt (1940-2010) verpflichtet und seinem Andenken gewidmet sind. Die Studien umfassen den gesamten Zeitraum der deutschsprachigen Literatur- und Sprachüberlieferung von den Anfängen im 8./9. Jahrhundert bis zur Reformation und zur Wiederentdeckung im 18. Jahrhundert. Sie befassen sich mit zentralen Autoren und Werken der höfischen Klassik, mit der frühen und der vorreformatorischen Spielliteratur, der Bibelübersetzung und -auslegung, der Mystik, Predigt- und Gebetbuchliteratur. Sie gehen Bild- und Motivtraditionen bis in die frühneuzeitliche Emblematik nach und leisten wertvolle philologische Grundlagenarbeit durch Überlieferungsdokumentation und Textedition. Das Verzeichnis der Schriften von Christoph Gerhardt beschließt den Band
    Note: German
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    ISBN: 9783823394860
    Language: Undetermined
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als La bande dessinée
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als La bande dessinée
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als La bande dessinée
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    Keywords: Literature: history & criticism ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Französisch ; Comic ; Französischunterricht ; Fachdidaktik
    Abstract: Verlagsinfo: Pour la première fois, un ouvrage collectif traite de la bande dessinée francaise et francophone d'un point de vue linguistique et didactique. 17 contributions de romanistes, d'expert.e.s en bandes dessinées et d'enseignant.e.s de FLE présentent un tour d'horizon de ce vaste domaine, allant de classiques comme Tintin, Astérix ou Les Schtroumpfs à des publications plus récentes comme Les Cahiers d'Esther, Les Vieux Fourneaux ou la BD de non-fiction féministe. Les contributions linguistiques analysent la grammaire de l'oral mise en scène (négation, dislocations, etc.), différentes variétés (langage des jeunes, francais québécois) et des problèmes de traduction. Les contributions didactiques montrent le potentiel de la BD pour l'enseignement du FLE au lycée et à l'université (notamment dans les pays germanophones).
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  • 8
    ISBN: 9781847012388
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Keywords: Media studies ; Literature: history & criticism ; Literature: history & criticism
    Abstract: The first book-length study on the relationship between African literature and new media. The digital space provides a new avenue to move literature beyond the restrictions of book publishing on the continent. Arguing that writers are putting their work on cyberspace because communities are emerging from this space, and because increasing numbers of Africans use the internet as part of their day-to-day engagement with their societies and the world, Shola Adenekan explores this transformative development in Nigeria and Kenya, both significant countries in African literature and two of the continents largest digital technology hubs. Queer Kenyans and Nigerians find new avenues for their work online where print publishers are refusing to publish short stories and poems on same-sex desire. Binyavanga Wainainas rise to critical acclaim arguably started on the literary blog Generator 21. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichies literary celebrity partly relies on her prolific use of social media to tell thestory of powerful Nigerian women. With further examples from the development of literature across the continent, this innovative book sheds new light on narratives about digital Africa. It will also be the first major work to provide a trajectory of class consciousness in Kenyan and Nigerian writing. Through this analysis, the book articulates the difference in attitudes towards queerness, sexuality, and hetero-normativity among successive generations of writers
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    ISBN: 9783832554224
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Keywords: Biology, life sciences
    Abstract: New technologies have revealed previously unknown and invisible parts of the human body and made it visible at the molecular level, revealing in turn more detailed structures and arrangements than those which were previously available. In doing so, in many ways they refine, expand, and even completely overturn forms of contemporary knowledge. This book maps the shifts and blurring of boundaries in contemporary bioscientific discourse. The authors of its chapters trace the shifts of boundaries in terms of the gradual blurring of the validity of established concepts, interpretive frameworks, and standards of judgment, which are analysed from ontological, gnoseological, ethical, and social perspectives. At the same time, they also map the blurring of boundaries in terms of the interdisciplinary crossing of boundaries between various scientific and artistic disciplines. The shifting of boundaries ultimately forms a part of these boundaries' definition; upon the basis of a rationally guided discussion, these shifts can be guided and corrected so as to avoid any irreversible damage. Jana Tomašovičová is a philosopher with a special interest in contemporary philosophy and bioethics. She analyses the impact of biotechnology on traditional social, ethical, and anthropological concepts and their relevance in new conditions. She is an associate professor at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia. During her bioethics research, she conducted short research stays at the universities of Bonn, Heidelberg, Tübingen, and Zürich
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