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Structural Models and African Poetics Towards a Pragmatic Theory of Literature
By Sunday O. Anozie
Copyright 1981
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this pioneering work, first published in 1981, Sunday O. Anozie examines the relevance of structuralism and semiology to literary criticism in general and to African poetics in particular. Behind the growing body of African literature lies an immense reservoir of oral tradition for which the proper tools of analysis and interpretation have yet to be found. This book represents the first... Read more
Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: From Structuralism to Semiology 2. The Structuralist Perspective 3. The Concept of Time in Africa 4. Diachrony and Synchrony 5. Aspects of Senghor’s Poetic Theory 6. The Poetics of the Mark 7. Roman Jakobson and Structuralism Poetics 8. A Structural Analysis of Senghor’s ‘Le Totem’ 9. Roland Barthes’ Semiotic Criticism 10. Some Post-Structuralist Theories and Developments 11. Conclusion: Towards a Poetics of the Novel in Africa; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
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Sunday O. Anozie
