The dynamics of postcoloniality in literature
An African perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156384 |
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| Authors | Lekan Oyegoke (University of Eswatini, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 7-17 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564719808530185 |
| OpenAlex | W2073212503 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This article attempts an examination of the issue of postcoloniality as a theory of literature with special reference to the African literary experience. It reviews some of the fears raised in respect of postcoloniality as it is at present propounded and practised; for example, the tendency to adopt in its argument some of the false premises of “discredited” older theories from which it seeks to distance itself. I try to show in this paper that postcoloniality can play a positive role in the aesthetics of African writing on account of its peculiar dynamics
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Sociology · Visual arts · African history and culture studies · Comparative and World Literature · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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