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Author George, Olakunle

Title Relocating agency : modernity and African letters / Olakunle George
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 227 pages)
Series SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studies
SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studies.
Contents Relocating Agency -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Issues and Context: On Knowledge as Limit -- 2. Contemporary Theory and the Demand for Agency -- 3. The Logic of Agency in African Literary Criticism -- 4. D.O. Fagunwa as Compound of Spells -- 5. Wole Soyinka and the Challenge of Transition -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index
Subject Achebe, Chinua -- Criticism and interpretation
Fagunwa, D. O. -- Criticism and interpretation
Soyinka, Wole -- Criticism and interpretation
Tutuola, Amos -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Achebe, Chinua fast
Fagunwa, D. O. fast
Soyinka, Wole fast
Tutuola, Amos fast
Subject African literature (English) -- History and criticism
Literature and society -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
Agent (Philosophy) in literature.
Decolonization in literature.
Poststructuralism -- Africa
Postcolonialism -- Africa
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
African literature (English)
Agent (Philosophy) in literature
Decolonization in literature
Literature
Literature and society
Postcolonialism
Poststructuralism
SUBJECT Nigeria -- In literature
Subject Africa
Nigeria
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780791487761
0791487768
9780791455425
0791455424