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Hermeneutical Narratives in Art, Literature, and Communication

Author : Malgorzata Haladewicz-Grzelak
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350405450
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Hermeneutical Narratives in Art, Literature, and Communication written by Malgorzata Haladewicz-Grzelak and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-22 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the relationship between hermeneutics and the arts, including painting, music, and literature, this book builds on hermeneutics from a practical perspective, connecting this area of critical research with others to reveal how it is viewed from different perspectives. International and interdisciplinary in scope, this edited volume draws on the work of scholars and practitioners working across a variety of subject areas, themes and topics, including philosophy, literature, religious paintings, musical oeuvres, Chinese urbanscapes, Moroccan proverbs, and Ukrainian internet blogs. Focusing on the idea of hermeneutics as a discipline that can connect different areas of interest, the book offers an inside view into how the contributors 'interpret' it within their own academic remits, demonstrating its presence in qualitative academic interpretations and canonical contemporary research in humanities.

The Question of Language in African Literature Today

Author : Eldred D. Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780865432147
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Question of Language in African Literature Today written by Eldred D. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sixteen Cowries

Author : William W. Bascom
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253013674
Total Pages : 799 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Sixteen Cowries written by William W. Bascom and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1980-05-22 with total page 799 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... a landmark in research of African oral traditions."—African Arts ... a significant contribution to the understanding of Yoruba religious belief, magic, and art." —Journal of Religion in Africa Yoruba texts and English translations of a divination system that originated in Nigeria and is widely practiced today by male and female diviners in the diaspora. A landmark edition.

A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English

Author : Erin Fallon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135976295
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English written by Erin Fallon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the short story has existed in various forms for centuries, it has particularly flourished during the last hundred years. Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English includes alphabetically-arranged entries for 50 English-language short story writers from around the world. Most of these writers have been active since 1960, and they reflect a wide range of experiences and perspectives in their works. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes biography, a review of existing criticism, a lengthier analysis of specific works, and a selected bibliography of primary and secondary sources. The volume begins with a detailed introduction to the short story genre and concludes with an annotated bibliography of major works on short story theory.

The Transmission of Kapsiki-Higi Folktales over Two Generations

Author : Walter E.A. van Beek
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137594853
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book The Transmission of Kapsiki-Higi Folktales over Two Generations written by Walter E.A. van Beek and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study on Kapsiki-Higi tales compares two corpuses of stories collected over two generations. In this oral setting, folktales appear much more dynamic than usually assumed, depending on genre, performance and the memory characteristics of the tales themselves. In northeastern Nigeria the author collected these tales twice with a time gap of two generations, in order to assess the dynamics of this oral transmission. The comparison between the two corpuses shows that folktales are a much more dynamic cultural system than is usually thought. These dynamics affect some types of tales more than others, reflect social change and intergroup contact, but also depend on characteristics of the tales themselves. Cognitive approaches of memory shed light on these varieties of transmission, as do performance aspects in tale telling, in particular ideophones.

The Question of Language in African Literature Today

Author : Eldred D. Jones
Publisher : James Currey
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Question of Language in African Literature Today written by Eldred D. Jones and published by James Currey. This book was released on 1991 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North America: Africa World Press

A Talent(ed) Digger

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004502181
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book A Talent(ed) Digger written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-05-20 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna Rutherford has been the most dynamic ambassador of Australian culture in Europe. More than any other single person, she has been instrumental in spreading interest in Commonwealth and post-colonial studies. Wherever she has been in the world, she has brought people together in friendship and intellectual endeavour. This volume ranges widely over the areas Anna has promoted as teacher, editor and publisher.

Western Isles Folk Tales

Author : Ian Stephen
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750957948
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Western Isles Folk Tales written by Ian Stephen and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western Isles Folk Tales is a representative collection of stories from the geographical span of the long chain of islands known as the Outer Hebrides. Some are well-known tales and others have been sought out by the author, but all are retold in the natural voice of a local man. You will find premonitions, accounts of uncanny events and mythical beings, such as the blue men of the stream who test mariners venturing into the tidal currents around the Shiant Islands. Also included are tales from islands now uninhabited, like the archipelago of St Kilda, in contrast to the witty yarns from bustling harbours. The author was the inaugural winner of the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship (1995) and his Acts of Trust collaboration with visual artist Christine Morrison won the multi-arts category in the first British Awards for Storytelling Excellence (2012). Both author and illustrator live in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

Kunapipi

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 818 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kunapipi written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Culture, Politics, and Money Among the Yoruba

Author : Akanmu Adebayo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351524194
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Culture, Politics, and Money Among the Yoruba written by Akanmu Adebayo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This masterful book investigates and analyzes several aspects of money among the Yoruba of Nigeria. Falola and Adebayo explore the origin, philosophy, uses, politics, and problems of acquiring and spending money in Yoruba culture. No prior book exists on this aspect of a major ethnic group in Africa with established connections with the black Diaspora in North America and the Caribbean. Conceived so that each chapter may be read individually, the volume is divided into three parts. Part 1, "Money and Its Uses," focuses on the transition from barter to cowry currency, the idealistic and pragmatic views of money, the impact of monetization on social stratification, accumulation among members of the elite, and the development of savings, banking, and credit institutions. Part 2, "Money and Its Problems," investigates the social, political, and cultural problems of money, including money-lending, theft, counterfeiting, and corruption. Part 3, "Money and Oil Economy," assesses the impact of the oil industry on the Nigerian state and examines both the positive and negative effects of oil money on Yoruba economy, society, and spending. Concluding chapters detail efforts to arrest the crisis that followed the economic slump after the oil boom and led to the adoption of the Structural Adjustment Program, and also evaluate the effects of currency devaluation on personal and communal responsibilities and social payment. Culture, Politics, and Money Among the Yoruba is timely in view of ongoing political and economic changes in Africa. It will be of interest to economists, sociologists, and African studies specialists.

From New National to World Literature

Author : Bruce King
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 3838268563
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book From New National to World Literature written by Bruce King and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New National to World English Literature offers a personal perspective on the evolution of a major cultural movement that began with decolonization, continued with the assertion of African, West Indian, Commonwealth, and other literatures, and has evolved through postcolonial to world or international English literature. Bruce King, one of the pioneers in the study of the new national literatures and still an active literary critic, discusses the personalities, writers, issues, and contexts of what he considers the most important change in culture since modernism. In this selection of forty-five essays and reviews, King discusses issues such as the emergence and aesthetics of African literature, the question of the existence of a “Nigerian literature”, the place of the new universities in decolonizing culture, the contrasting models of American and Irish literatures, and the changing nature of exile and diasporas. He emphasizes themes such as traditionalism versus modernism, the dangers of cultural assertion, and the relationships between nationalism and internationalism. Special attention is given to Nigerian, West Indian, Australian, Indian, and Pakistani literature.

Tradition and Modernity in the African Short Story

Author : Fidelis Odun Balogun
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Tradition and Modernity in the African Short Story written by Fidelis Odun Balogun and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1991 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the short story has long been treated seriously by scholars in both Europe and America, in Africa the genre has been all but ignored by critics. Despite its popularity on the continent, the African short story has never been the subject of a thorough and systematic study. In this pioneering work, F. Odun Balogun offers a two-part look at the genre, beginning with a general survey of African short stories and an approach for textual analysis, and followed by a detailed exploration of the themes and artistic methods of two representative writers. The book provides an extensive range of coverage, as well as theoretic perspectives on the historical development of African prose, literature of the absurd, and other aspects of literary theory. The work begins with a four-chapter section surveying theoretical aspects of the African short story. Chapter one examines the critical scholarship, discusses the reasons for neglect and reaffirms the significance of the African short story, while chapter two explores the major thematic preoccupations of the writers working in the genre. Topics covered include art, religion, tradition and culture, urban life, colonial and post-colonial reality, and apartheid. In chapter three, the African short story is judged against the exacting demands of the genre, with particular emphasis on verbal discipline, imaginativeness, and linguistic experimentations. Chapter four concludes the general survey with a discussion of irony, the most dominant element of style and source of appeal. The book's second section offers detailed studies of the work of two writers: Chinua Achebe, who typifies the traditional realistic mode, and Taban lo Liyong, a post-modernist experimentalist. Each author's work is examined for general themes and artistic structures, and is followed by close examinations of Achebe's Girls at War and The Madman and lo Liyong's Fixions and The Uniformed Man. A brief summary chapter concludes the work. This important, first-of-its-kind study will be an indispensable resource for courses in African literature, African prose fiction, and twentieth century short stories, as well as a valuable addition to both public and academic libraries.

WAACLALS

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book WAACLALS written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Story Must be Told

Author : Peter O. Stummer
Publisher : Würzburg : Königshausen + Neumann
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Story Must be Told written by Peter O. Stummer and published by Würzburg : Königshausen + Neumann. This book was released on 1986 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Culture & Narcissism

Author : Hans Hauge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Culture & Narcissism written by Hans Hauge and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Communicative Competence in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

Author : Anna Trosborg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Communicative Competence in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching written by Anna Trosborg and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Writer Written

Author : Jean-Pierre Durix
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Writer Written written by Jean-Pierre Durix and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1987-09-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few people are so widely read within Commonwealth literature or are so knowledgeable about so many different cultures as Jean-Pierre Durix. . . . The first part of the book deals with general, theoretical themes (e.g., the writer as teacher), while the second contains studies of single novels by such writers as Patrick White, C.K. Stead, and Salmon Rushdie; here Durix is at his best. Choice Exploring the relationship between the writer and his craft, between the artist and society, between the creator and his conception of creation, this fascinating study takes up various key positions represented by major writers from Africa, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, India, New Zealand, and the South Pacific, and examines the practice of literature, which is frequently concerned with a search for problematic roots and authenticity in its relation with didacticism, social concern, language and myth. The distinctively comparative approach brings together a series of close textual studies and examines four examples of metafiction from which emerge a number of specific features characteristic of literatures born out of Colonialism and its aftermath. Seen in this perspective, literary scholarship provides an irreplaceable point of view from which to assess the role of the imagination in multi-cultural societies.