Strategic Transformations in Nigerian Writing Orality and History in the Work of Rev. Samuel Johnson, Amos Tutuola, Wole Soyinka and Ben Okri

Name: Strategic Transformations in Nigerian Writing Orality and History in the Work of Rev. Samuel Johnson, Amos Tutuola, Wole Soyinka and Ben Okri
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ISBN: 9780253211484

ISBN-10: 0253211484

ISBN-13: 9780253211484

Edition: 1997

Authors: Ato Quayson

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List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 9/22/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Note on Orthography



Introduction: African Literature and the Question of Orality



Nutritive Junctures: Rev. Samuel Johnson and Yoruba Historiography



Treasures of an Opulent Fancy: Amos Tutuola and the Folktale Narrative



The Space of Transformations: Theory, Myth and Ritual in the Work of Wole Soyinka



Narrative Through a Prism of Indigenous Beliefs: Examples from Ben Okri's Short Stories



Harvesting the Folkloric Intuition: The Famished Road


Appendix: 'Esoteric' Passages in The Famished Road



Conclusions and Reflections: Methods, Means and Meanings


Bibliography


Index