An Introduction to the African Prose Narrative
by Losambe, Lokangaka (editor)
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Pretoria: Kagiso Tertiary, 1996). 219 x 150 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xv + (i) + 273. Near fine condition. "This collection of essays aims at introducing students of African literature to the heritage of the African prose narrative starting from its oral base and covering its linguistic and cultural diversity. An Introduction to the African Prose Narrative brings together essays on both the classics and the relatively new in the African prose narrative, including all its subgenres: the traditional epic, the novel, the short story and the autobiography. The chapters are arranged according to the respective thematic paradigms under which the discussed works fall." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4191
- Title
- An Introduction to the African Prose Narrative
- Author
- Losambe, Lokangaka (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- (Pretoria: Kagiso Tertiary, 1996)
- Keywords
- Oral History. Oral Literature. Prose Narratives. Novels. Short Stories. Literary criticism. African Writing. African Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- African Literature;
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