| Approaches to Teaching the Works of Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o Contributor(s): Lovesey, Oliver (Editor) |
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ISBN: 160329113X ISBN-13: 9781603291132 Publisher: Modern Language Association of America OUR PRICE: $18.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching - Literary Criticism | African - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Historical Events |
| Dewey: 823.914 |
| LCCN: 2012037150 |
| Series: Approaches to Teaching World Literature (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 265 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is one of the most important and celebrated authors of postindependence Africa as well as a groundbreaking postcolonial theorist. His work, written first in English, then in Gĩkũyũ, engages with the transformations of his native Kenya after what is often termed the Mau Mau rebellion. It also gives voice to the struggles of all Africans against economic injustice and political oppression. His writing and activism have continued despite imprisonment, the threat of assassination, and exile. Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," provides resources and background for the teaching of Ngũgĩ's novels, plays, memoirs, and criticism. The essays of part 2, "Approaches," consider the influence of Frantz Fanon, Karl Marx, and Joseph Conrad on Ngũgĩ; how the role of women in his fiction is inflected by feminism; his interpretation and political use of African history; his experimentation with orality and allegory in narrative; and the different challenges of teaching Ngũgĩ in classrooms in the United States, Europe, and Africa. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lovesey, Oliver: - Oliver Lovesey is associate professor of English in the Department of Critical Studies, University of British Columbia, Okanagan; author of Ng?g? wa Thiong�o; and editor of Victorian Social Activists� Novels. |