But there is also a third space of another kind, a theoretical position that might be called a 'reconstituted Marxism'; a middle ground, between Marxism and post-modernist theory.
An edition of Magical realism in West African fiction
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Magical realism in West African fiction
seeing with a third eye
by Brenda Cooper
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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 and Wole Soyinka has been connected with nationalist agendas. This is a fascinating and important work for all those working on African literature, magical realism, or postcoloniality.
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Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, Magic realism (Literature), In literature, West African fiction (English), Postcolonialism in literature, Postcolonialism, Fiction, Literature, African fiction, history and criticism, Fiction, general, Roman ouest-africain (anglais), Histoire et critique, Postcolonialisme, Postcolonialisme dans la littérature, Dans la littérature, Réalisme magique (Littérature), LITERARY CRITICISM, European, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Fictie, Engels, Magisch realismePlaces
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Magical Realism in West African Fiction: Seeing With A Third Eye (Postcolonial Literatures)
May 7, 2004, Routledge
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in English
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Magical Realism in West African Fiction
2004, Taylor & Francis Group Plc
Electronic resource
in English
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Magical realism in West African fiction: seeing with a third eye
1998, Routledge
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-246) and index.
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