Magical Realism in West African Fiction

ISBN
9780415182393
$160.00
Author Cooper, Brenda
Format Trade Cloth
Details
  • 6.1" x 9.2" x 0.9"
  • Active Record
  • Individual Title
  • Books
  • 1998
  • 258
  • Yes
  • Print
  • 14
  • PR9344.C66 1998
This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the distinct elements of the genre in a West African context, and in relation to: * a range of global expressions of magical realism, from the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to that of Salman Rushdie * wider contemporary trends in African writing, with particular attention to how the realism of authors such as Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka has been connected with nationalist agendas. This is a fascinating and important work for all those working on African literature, magical realism, or postcoloniality.