Approaches to Teaching the Works of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Approaches to Teaching the Works of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
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Publisher : Modern Language Association
Total Pages : 275
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ISBN-10 : 9781603291835
ISBN-13 : 1603291830
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Download or read book Approaches to Teaching the Works of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o written by Oliver Lovesey and published by Modern Language Association. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is one of the most important and celebrated authors of postindependence Africa as well as a groundbreaking postcolonial theorist. His work, written first in English, then in Gikuyu, engages with the transformations of his native Kenya after what is often termed the Mau Mau rebellion. It also gives voice to the struggles of all Africans against economic injustice and political oppression. His writing and activism have continued despite imprisonment, the threat of assassination, and exile. Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," provides resources and background for the teaching of Ngũgĩ's novels, plays, memoirs, and criticism. The essays of part 2, "Approaches," consider the influence of Frantz Fanon, Karl Marx, and Joseph Conrad on Ngũgĩ; how the role of women in his fiction is inflected by feminism; his interpretation and political use of African history; his experimentation with orality and allegory in narrative; and the different challenges of teaching Ngũgĩ in classrooms in the United States, Europe, and Africa.


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