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Magical realism in West African fiction
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ISBN: 0415340616 0415182395 0415340616 9786610318995 0203451392 1280318996 0415245729 9780415245722 9780203451397 020375963X 9780203759639 6610318999 9780415340618 9780415182393 1134673787 Year: 1998 Volume: 1 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the distinct elements of the genre in a West African context, and in relation to: * a range of global expressions of magical realism, from the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to that of Salman Rushdie * wider contemporary trends in African writing, with particular attention to how the realism of authors such as Chinua Achebe an

Mimesis, genres and post-colonial discourse : deconstructing magic realism
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ISBN: 9780333732243 0333732243 0312215851 9780312215859 Year: 1998 Publisher: New York, NY : MacMillan,

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Magic realism (Literature) --- Mimesis in literature. --- Literature, Modern --- Postcolonialism. --- Réalisme magique (Littérature) --- Mimésis dans la littérature --- Littérature --- Postcolonialisme --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Developing countries --- Pays en développement --- Literatures --- Littératures --- Mimesis in literature --- History and criticism --- 82.015.61 --- Literaire stromingen: naturalisme; realisme --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- 82.015.61 Literaire stromingen: naturalisme; realisme --- Magic realism (Literature). --- Réalisme magique (Littérature) --- Mimésis dans la littérature --- Littérature --- Pays en développement --- Littératures --- Postcolonialism in literature --- Representation (Literature) --- Imitation in literature --- Realism in literature --- Magical realism (Literature) --- Fantasy fiction --- Surrealism --- Magic in literature --- Marvelous, The, in literature --- Emerging nations --- Fourth World --- Global South --- LDC's --- Least developed countries --- Less developed countries --- Newly industrialized countries --- Newly industrializing countries --- NICs (Newly industrialized countries) --- Third World --- Underdeveloped areas --- Underdeveloped countries --- Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism. --- Developing countries - Literatures - History and criticism --- Postcolonialism --- MIMESIS IN LITERATURE --- LITERATURE, MODERN --- DEVELOPING COUNTRIES --- REALISME MAGIQUE (LITTERATURE) --- HARRIS (WILSON), 1921 --- -RUSHDIE (SALMAN), 1947 --- -20th CENTURY --- LITERATURE

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