Home, Exile, and the Space In Between
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9250289 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isidore Okpewho (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 68-73 |
| Publication date | 2006-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in African Literatures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-5210 • E-ISSN: 1527-2044 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/ral.2006.37.2.68 |
| OpenAlex | W2061797686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper is a statement on the function of African literary criticism at the present time, in that it argues a new ethic of contemporary discourse on African literature that sets its lights on the sad state of affairs on the continent. There are no real gains for anyone when scholars are driven from their countries and their cherished pursuits by unpleasant social and political conditions created by power-hungry politicians. Whether we are engaged in the study of oral literature or modern writing, we should contribute our quota toward restoring sanity in Africa by questioning the logic of power relations projected by our texts. It is our duty to help "nurture a new generation of scholars who will not flinch from questioning the assumptions underlying the ideas fed to them, the way their predecessors were seldom inclined to do."
Aesthetics · Art · Criticism · Duty · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literary criticism · Literature · Nature versus nurture · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sanity · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · State (computer science) · Statement (logic) · Anthropology · History · Law · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |