The African quest for freedom and identity : Cameroonian writing and the national experience /
Bjornson, Richard.
The African quest for freedom and identity : Cameroonian writing and the national experience / Richard Bjornson. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1991. - xvii, 507 pages : 2 maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-494) and index.
National identity and national literatures in Africa -- The ambiguous blessing : European culture in Cameroon -- Antocolonialism and revolution -- Dream and disillusionment in the novels of Ferdinand Oyono -- Mongo Beti : counterhistory and critical consciousness -- Independence and the myth of national unity -- Cultural politics and the new nation -- In search of a popular idiom -- Cameroonian reflections on negritude and authenticity -- The anti-negritude movement -- Literature and the pursuit of self -- Guillaume Oyono-Mbia and the rise of Cameroonian theater -- Francis Bebey and the theme of reconciliation -- Cultural politics in an age of transition -- Writing and popular culture -- The reemergence of Mongo Beti -- The radical critique of postcolonial society -- Individual identity and moral idealism : the theme of reconciliation in recent Cameroonian fiction -- The corrupt society and the sensitive self : literary anatomies of contemporary Cameroon -- New voices in Cameroonian theater: Conclusion: National literature and national identity in Cameroon.
0253311942 : $293.00 9780253311948
Cameroonian literature (French)--History and criticism.
National liberation movements in literature.
Cameroonian literature--History and criticism.
National liberation movements--Cameroon.
Nationalism in literature.
Nationalism--Cameroon.
Movimientos de liberación nacional en la literatura.
Nacionalismo en la literatura.
Cameroon--Politics and government.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PQ3988.5.C27 / B55 1991
840.9/96711
The African quest for freedom and identity : Cameroonian writing and the national experience / Richard Bjornson. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1991. - xvii, 507 pages : 2 maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-494) and index.
National identity and national literatures in Africa -- The ambiguous blessing : European culture in Cameroon -- Antocolonialism and revolution -- Dream and disillusionment in the novels of Ferdinand Oyono -- Mongo Beti : counterhistory and critical consciousness -- Independence and the myth of national unity -- Cultural politics and the new nation -- In search of a popular idiom -- Cameroonian reflections on negritude and authenticity -- The anti-negritude movement -- Literature and the pursuit of self -- Guillaume Oyono-Mbia and the rise of Cameroonian theater -- Francis Bebey and the theme of reconciliation -- Cultural politics in an age of transition -- Writing and popular culture -- The reemergence of Mongo Beti -- The radical critique of postcolonial society -- Individual identity and moral idealism : the theme of reconciliation in recent Cameroonian fiction -- The corrupt society and the sensitive self : literary anatomies of contemporary Cameroon -- New voices in Cameroonian theater: Conclusion: National literature and national identity in Cameroon.
0253311942 : $293.00 9780253311948
Cameroonian literature (French)--History and criticism.
National liberation movements in literature.
Cameroonian literature--History and criticism.
National liberation movements--Cameroon.
Nationalism in literature.
Nationalism--Cameroon.
Movimientos de liberación nacional en la literatura.
Nacionalismo en la literatura.
Cameroon--Politics and government.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PQ3988.5.C27 / B55 1991
840.9/96711