African Literature and Theory: The Cart Before the Horse?
Through various examples drawn from the works of Western and African writers and critics, this article illustrates how the contemporary literary scene tends to be dominated by trendy ‘theories’ and their attendant jargon: shuttling from continent to continent, they often migrate from France, ‘that h...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Jezik: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | Through various examples drawn from the works of Western and African writers and critics, this article illustrates how the contemporary literary scene tends to be dominated by trendy ‘theories’ and their attendant jargon: shuttling from continent to continent, they often migrate from France, ‘that hotbed of critical fads’, to the United States and Africa in ‘self-reproducing mazes’. Is it not time to go back to literature? |
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