Matthew Lecznar
Biographic Data
| ID | 187147 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Lecznar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Lecznar |
| SIGNATURE | LECZNAR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1971-9213 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Intellectual Interventions: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the Ethics of Texture and Messiness
This article aims to reframe understanding of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s recent public intellectual interventions by reading them as a meditation on messiness and texture. In doing so, it sheds light on the precarious politics and ethics that affect the work and reception of literary celebrities
We all stand before history”: (Re)Locating Saro-Wiwa in the Biafran War Canon
Since Ken Saro-Wiwa's execution in 1995, critical accounts of his intellectual legacy have tended to focus on the influence of the Ogoni struggle on his writing, and as a consequence have overlooked the role played by the Nigeria-Biafra war in the development of his intellectual sensibility. Given that Saro-Wiwa worked as a government administrator during
Texts, talks and tailoring: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's fashion politics
This paper traces the rise of author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to international prominence as a literary celebrity and public intellectual by assessing the significance of fashion as a transmedia phenomenon in her writing and public discourse. While much has been made in the media about the significance of hair in her third novel Americanah (2013), I suggest that the politics of fashion have been central to the construction of all Adichie’s fictio…
(Re)Fashioning Biafra: Identity, Authorship, and the Politics of Dress in Half of a Yellow Sun and Other Narratives of the Nigeria-Biafra War
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s second novel, Half of a Yellow (2006), is one in a long line of works by Nigerian authors to portray the Nigeria-Biafra War (1967-1970). While Adichie has stated that she wanted to make modern Nigeria aware of its history by writing the novel, the writer has also revealed that she drew from past literary portrayals to construct her narrative. In order to untangle the complex construction of Half of a Yellow Sun, this ar…
Texts, talks and tailoring: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's fashion politics
This paper traces the rise of author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to international prominence as a literary celebrity and public intellectual by assessing the significance of fashion as a transmedia phenomenon in her writing and public discourse. While much has been made in the media about the significance of hair in her third novel Americanah (2013), I suggest that the politics of fashion have been central to the construction of all Adichie’s fictio…
(Re)Fashioning Biafra: Identity, Authorship, and the Politics of Dress in Half of a Yellow Sun and Other Narratives of the Nigeria-Biafra War
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s second novel, Half of a Yellow (2006), is one in a long line of works by Nigerian authors to portray the Nigeria-Biafra War (1967-1970). While Adichie has stated that she wanted to make modern Nigeria aware of its history by writing the novel, the writer has also revealed that she drew from past literary portrayals to construct her narrative. In order to untangle the complex construction of Half of a Yellow Sun, this ar…
(Re)Fashioning Biafra: Identity, Authorship, and the Politics of Dress in Half of a Yellow Sun and Other Narratives of the Nigeria-Biafra War
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s second novel, Half of a Yellow (2006), is one in a long line of works by Nigerian authors to portray the Nigeria-Biafra War (1967-1970). While Adichie has stated that she wanted to make modern Nigeria aware of its history by writing the novel, the writer has also revealed that she drew from past literary portrayals to construct her narrative. In order to untangle the complex construction of Half of a Yellow Sun, this ar…
We all stand before history”: (Re)Locating Saro-Wiwa in the Biafran War Canon
Since Ken Saro-Wiwa's execution in 1995, critical accounts of his intellectual legacy have tended to focus on the influence of the Ogoni struggle on his writing, and as a consequence have overlooked the role played by the Nigeria-Biafra war in the development of his intellectual sensibility. Given that Saro-Wiwa worked as a government administrator during
Texts, talks and tailoring: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's fashion politics
This paper traces the rise of author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to international prominence as a literary celebrity and public intellectual by assessing the significance of fashion as a transmedia phenomenon in her writing and public discourse. While much has been made in the media about the significance of hair in her third novel Americanah (2013), I suggest that the politics of fashion have been central to the construction of all Adichie’s fictio…
Intellectual Interventions: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the Ethics of Texture and Messiness
This article aims to reframe understanding of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s recent public intellectual interventions by reading them as a meditation on messiness and texture. In doing so, it sheds light on the precarious politics and ethics that affect the work and reception of literary celebrities
Art (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works)