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Sound Figures in Postcolonial African Literature, 1970s to the Present

Description:

This dissertation examines the impact of sound on the African literary imagination since the 1970s. I posit the sonority of postcolonial African writing in order to draw out the relatively ignored but remarkably rich stylistic innovations and political interventions oriented around sound. While the orality–textuality debate in African literary studies...

Keyword:

African novel, postcolonial literature, sound studies, orality, voice, and Dambudzo Marechera

Subject:

Comparative literature, African literature, and African studies

Creator:

Newman, Scott Peter

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/01/2021

Date Created:

2020-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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etdadmin_upload_758547 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15205