Intertextuality in Contemporary African Literature: Looking Inward

Ode Ogede

doi:10.5771/9780739164488

Summary

This book is a study in African literary influence. It focuses on the importance of indigenous sources to new writing. The analytical framework for the study draws on recent conceptual advances in theories of authorship. Juxtaposing works and authors that are traditionally thought to be unlikely bedfellows, the book persuasively identifies their hitherto unexamined points of contact, opening up a vigorous debate about the roots of African literature and offering a radical critique of the assumptions underlying conventional notions of African literature. The book provides valuable insight on the roles of such activities as appropriation, copying, pastiche, parody, simulation, foraging, grafting, padding, recycling, and remodeling in underwriting literary expression in Africa. Alive with wit and full of delight in the texts it discusses, it is a marvel of close and attentive, detective reading.

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Edition: 1/2011
Copyright Year: 2011
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-6446-4
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-6448-8
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 230
Product Type: Monograph

1. CONTENTS No access
2. PREFACE No access
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access
Chapter 1: WHEN AN ELEPHANT RUSTLES THE BUSH . . . No access Pages 1 - 14
Chapter 2: IS A PICTURE STILL WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS? FROM DOCUMENTARY TO INVESTIGATIVE REALISM No access Pages 15 - 68
Chapter 3: LAMPOON, OR THE POWER OF SAVAGE SATIRE, AND THE VISUAL OBJECT OF DISTASTE No access Pages 69 - 122
Chapter 4: ON THE POLITICS OF LOVE No access Pages 123 - 144
Chapter 5: MASKING THE INFRASTRUCTURAL FRAME: CHRISTOPHER OKIGBO AND HIS ACOLYTES No access Pages 145 - 200
Conclusion: COMING OUT OF SHADOW No access Pages 201 - 212
BIBLIOGRAPHY No access Pages 213 - 220
INDEX No access Pages 221 - 228
ABOUT THE AUTHOR No access Pages 229 - 230