Structural models and African poetics : towards a pragmatic theory of literature / Sunday O. Anozie
1981, 1st edition. London : Routledge. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #386987
ISBN: 0710004672
Physical description; 338 pp. Contents; chapter 1 Introduction : From Structuralism to Semiology -- chapter 2 The Structuralist Perspective -- chapter 3 The Concept of Time in Africa -- chapter 4 Diachrony and Synchrony -- chapter 5 Aspects of Senghor's Poetic Theory -- chapter 6 The Poetics of the Mask -- chapter 7 Roman Jakobson and Structural Poetics -- chapter 8 A Structural Analysis of Senghor's 'Le Totem' -- chapter 9 Roland Barthes' Semiotic Criticism -- chapter 10 Some Post-Structuralist Theories and Developments -- chapter 11 Conclusion : Towards a Poetics of the Novel in Africa. Subjects; Senghor, Léopold Sédar 1906-2001. Structuralism (Literary analysis). African literature History and criticism Theory. Criticism. African writers.
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