APPROACHES TO THE AFRICAN NOVEL [PDF]

APPROACHES TO THE AFRICAN NOVEL ESSAYS IN ANALYSIS

Charles E. Nnolim

Saros International Publishers London. Lagos. Port Harcourt

CONTENTS Introduction

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The Form and Function of the Folk Tradition in Achebe's Novels

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Jungian Archetypes and the Main Characters in Oyono's Une Vie de Boy . . . . . .

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From Nostalgia to Myth: An Archetypal Interpretation of Camara Laye's The Dark Child . . .. . . . . . . . . . .

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Craft in Marxist Garb: Bread, the Social Issue in Sembene's God's Bits of Wood .,. ". ; . . . . . . . . . .

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Background Setting: Key to the Structure of Ngugi's The River Between . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Structure and Theme in Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's A Grain of Wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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African Utopia and Ali Mazrui's The Trial of Christopher Okigbo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Dialectic as Form: Pejorism in the Novels of Armah . . . . .110 Structure and Theme in Munonye's Oil Man of Obange

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In Search of Aniebo: New Craft in The Journey Within

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Saro-Wiwa's World and His Craft in Sozaboy Ben Okri: Writer as Artist

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EPILOGUE: Trends in the Nigerian Novel

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