The Liberty of Limitations: The Paradoxes of Narration in Ben Okri’s The Famished Road
This article examines the impact of Azaro’s status as narrator and his function within a novel that relies on a number of different literary models, both European and African. The main focus is on the relationship between the African dimensions of the novel, related to a culture of orality, and thos...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2021
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | This article examines the impact of Azaro’s status as narrator and his function within a novel that relies on a number of different literary models, both European and African. The main focus is on the relationship between the African dimensions of the novel, related to a culture of orality, and those aspects which can be seen as reflecting the narrative conventions of realist fiction. An analysis of Chapter Ten in Book Two proposes a methodological approach for reading the passage through the two frames. |
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