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Wole Soyinka literature, activism, and African transformation
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| 자료유형 | 단행본 |
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| 서명/저자사항 | Wole Soyinka : literature, activism, and African transformation/ Bola Dauda and Toyin Falola. |
| 개인저자 | Dauda, Bola,author. Falola, Toyin,author, |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource: color illustrations. |
| 총서사항 | Black literary and cultural expressions |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Dauda, Bola. Wole Soyinka New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021 9781501375767 |
| ISBN | 9781501375798 1501375792 9781501375781 1501375784 9781501375774 1501375776 |
| 기타표준부호 | 10.5040/9781501375798doi |
| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | Part A: Introduction and Context -- Studies on Wole Soyinka -- Wole Soyinka in Historical Perspective -- Part B: Historical and Cultural Background -- Abeokuta: The City of Innovations and Creativity -- Collective Traditions, Childhood, and Rites of Passage -- Nobel Laureate: Literary Scholarship and Nation-building -- Relationships, Beliefs, and Values -- Part C: Literary Works -- Soyinka's Novels -- Dramatic Oeuvre -- Soyinka's Poetry -- The Politics of Soyinka's Literature -- Part D: Legacies and Conclusion -- Soyinka's Contribution to Literature -- Soyinka's Literary Achievements and the Use of Language -- Conclusion: Will Soyinka's Works Outlive Him? |
| 요약 | "This timely and expansive biography of Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian writer, Nobel laureate, and social activist, shows how the author's early years influence his life's work and how his writing, in turn, informs his political engagement. Three sections spanning his life, major texts, and place in history, connect Soyinka's legacy with global issues beyond the borders of his own country, and indeed beyond the African continent. Covering his encounters with the widespread rise of kleptocratic rule and international corporate corruption, his reflection on the human condition of the North-South divide, and the consequences of postcolonialism, this comprehensive biography locates Wole Soyinka as a global figure whose life and works have made him a subject of conversation in the public sphere, as well as one of Africa's most successful and popular authors. Looking at the different forms of Soyinka's work--plays, novels, and memoirs, among others--this volume argues that Soyinka used writing to inform, mobilize, and sometimes incite civil action, in a decades-long attempt at literary social engineering"-- |
| 해제 | Provided by publisher. |
| 주제명(개인명) | Soyinka, Wole. Soyinka, WoleCriticism and interpretation. Soyinka, Wole.fast -- |
| 일반주제명 | Authors, Nigerian --20th century --Biography. Biography: literary. Authors, Nigerian. |
| 언어 | 영어 |
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