Chronotopes of a Continent: Ben Okri and the Spatial Dynamics of The Famished Road
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This thesis examines the role of Ben Okri's The Famished Road (1991) in the canon of African literature. The unique narrative structure of the novel opens up possibilities of interpretation beyond the potentially limiting scales of analysis often associated with the African novel, including tribe, nation, race, and continent.
Description
Type of resource | text |
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Date created | May 15, 2014 |
Creators/Contributors
Author | O'Brien-Udry, Cleo | |
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Primary advisor | Woloch, Alex | |
Advisor | Hanretta, Sean | |
Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Department of English |
Subjects
Subject | Department of English |
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Subject | African novel |
Subject | Nigeria |
Subject | postcolonial literature |
Subject | chronotope |
Subject | twentieth century literature |
Subject | Nigerian history |
Subject | Negritude |
Subject | Pan-Africanism |
Subject | narrative theory |
Genre | Thesis |
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- O'Brien-Udry, Cleo and Woloch, Alex and Hanretta, Sean and . (2014). Chronotopes of a Continent: Ben Okri and the Spatial Dynamics of The Famished Road. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/tq870rr5030
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