Philosophy, Language, and Literature in an African Context

Philosophy, Language, and Literature in an African Context

Ajok, Beatrice Abonga; Okumu, Charles Nelson; Amarorwot, Sarah; Metz, Thaddeus; Mirembe, Dorica Deborah; Akello, Gloria Rashid; Metz, Thaddeus; Lajul, Wilfred; Malagala, Aloysius Tenywa; Okot, Betty J.

Lexington Books

12/2024

226

Dura

9781666952100

15 a 20 dias

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Preface

Wilfred Lajul

Introduction: Exploring Philosophy and Language in African Literature

Wilfred Lajul

Part I: Language in African Literature

Chapter 1: An African Theoretical Basis of Philosophy and Language in African Literature

Wilfred Lajul

Chapter 2: The Wrongness of Slurs: Harm, Disrespect, and Discord

Thaddeus Metz

Chapter 3: Politics of Language in African Literature: Ngugi w'Thiongo and Chinua Achebe's Debates

Sarah Amarorwot

Part II: Philosophy and Language in African Poetry

Chapter 4: Protest and Difference in the Poetry of Okot p'Bitek: A Case Study of Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol

Charles Nelson Okumu

Chapter 5: Changing Trends in Poetry of Protest in East Africa: A Case Study of Selected Poems of Susan Kiguli and Jared Angira

Peace Yikiru

Chapter 6: The Concept of Death in Selected Poems of Timothy Wangusa

Dorica Deborah Mirembe

Part III: Philosophy and Language in African Novels

Chapter 7: Anarchy in a State of Harmony: Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

Aloysius Tenywa Malagala

Chapter 8: Political and Cultural Revival Discourse in Wole Soyinka's Novels

Wilfred Lajul

Chapter 9: Ba's Novel, So Long a Letter: A Glimpse of Women's Resilience Amidst Cultural and Religious Oppression in Sub-Saharan Africa

Betty J. Okot

Part IV: Philosophy and Language in African Drama

Chapter 10: Language of Freedom in the Trial of Dedan Kimathi and I Will Marry When I Want

Peace Yikiru

Chapter 11: Clash of Values in Wole Soyinka's Drama, The Lion and the Jewel: A Colonial Lens, and the African as the 'Other'

Beatrice Abonga Ajok and Gloria Rashid Akello

Conclusion: Significance of Philosophy and Language in African Literature

Wilfred Lajul

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African Literature;communicating truth;cultural studies;literary studies;literary writers;modern language;Philosophical worldviews;religious studies