On the sacred in african literature: old gods and new worlds
Auteur :
Mathuray, M.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9780230577558
Date de publication :
23 juil. 2009
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This innovative book provides an original approach to the analysis of the representation of myth, ritual, and 'magic' in African literature. Emphasizing the ambivalent nature of the sacred, it advances work on the religious dimension of canonical African texts and attends to the persistence of pre-colonial cultures in postcolonial spaces.