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Pages: 576
Authors: Mugyabuso M. Mulokozi
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Mulokozi discusses African epic poetry from a context-performance perspective, and asserts that oral epic poetry is a living and lived event, besides being a li
Heroism and the Supernatural in the African Epic
Language: en
Pages: 149
Authors: Mariam Konaté Deme
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-13 - Publisher: Routledge

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Western criticism has largely failed to acknowledge the distinctiveness of African literary aesthetics. This book revises traditional literary canons in examini
Oral Epics from Africa
Language: en
Pages: 360
Authors: John William Johnson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-04-22 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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It seems incredible that heretofore there has not been an introductory anthology of African epics presented in English. Western literary culture has long emphas
The Postcolonial Epic
Language: en
Pages: 270
Authors: Sneharika Roy
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-12 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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This book demonstrates the epic genre’s enduring relevance to the Global South. It identifies a contemporary avatar of classical epic, the ‘postcolonial epi
The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives
Language: en
Pages: 332
Authors: Jonathan L. Ready
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Presenting a new take on what made the Homeric epics such successful examples of verbal artistry, this volume explores the construction of the Homeric simile an