Arts, Theory, Literature, Criticism, Tourism & News
Arts, Theory, Literature, Criticism, Tourism & News
Table of Contents American literature1. Colonial and Revolutionary Period (1607-1790):Romanticism (1800-1860):3. Transcendentalism (1830-1860):4. Realism and Naturalism (1865-1914):5. Harlem Renaissance (1918-1930s):6. Modernism (1914-1945):7. …
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (b. 1938)
• Born in 1938 in Kamiriithu, Kenya• Formerly wrote in English and now in Gikuyu; founder editor of the Gikuyu-language journal Mũtĩiri• Has written novels, plays, …
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Table of ContentsNadine GordimerNovels• A Guest of Honour (1970)Some More Novels
Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer (20 November 1923 – 13 July 2014) was a South African writer and political activist. …
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Table of ContentsChinua AchebeAchebe’s WorksAfrican Trilogy
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe, in full Albert Chinualumogu Achebe, (born November 16, 1930, Ogidi, Nigeria—died March 21, 2013, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.), Nigerian novelist acclaimed for …
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Postcolonial Literature: African and Caribbean
African Literature and Caribbean Literature
African Literature
Africa
Birthplace of the human species between 8 million and 5 million years ago
Vast continent
Rich and diverse in its …
