Philosophy, Language, and Literature in an African Context

Auteur

Edited by Wilfred Lajul - Contributions by Beatrice Abonga Ajok; Gloria Rashid Akello; Sarah Amarorwot; Aloysius Tenywa Malagala; Thaddeus Metz; Dorica Deborah Mirembe; Betty J. Okot; Charles Nelson Okumu and Peace Yikiru

Texte du rabat

This book analyzes the deeper philosophical meanings behind selected African poems, novels, and plays to provide new ways of understanding the relationship between philosophy and language. The contributors examine the backgrounds and philosophical worldviews of African literary writers and their use of fiction, myth, and drama to communicate truth.

Contenu

Preface

Wilfred Lajul

Introduction: Exploring Philosophy and Language in African Literature

Wilfred Lajul

Part I: Language in African Literature

Chapter 1: An African Theoretical Basis of Philosophy and Language in African Literature

Wilfred Lajul

Chapter 2: The Wrongness of Slurs: Harm, Disrespect, and Discord

Thaddeus Metz

Chapter 3: Politics of Language in African Literature: Ngugi w'Thiongo and Chinua Achebe's Debates

Sarah Amarorwot

Part II: Philosophy and Language in African Poetry

Chapter 4: Protest and Difference in the Poetry of Okot p'Bitek: A Case Study of Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol

Charles Nelson Okumu

Chapter 5: Changing Trends in Poetry of Protest in East Africa: A Case Study of Selected Poems of Susan Kiguli and Jared Angira

Peace Yikiru

Chapter 6: The Concept of Death in Selected Poems of Timothy Wangusa

Dorica Deborah Mirembe

Part III: Philosophy and Language in African Novels

Chapter 7: Anarchy in a State of Harmony: Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

Aloysius Tenywa Malagala

Chapter 8: Political and Cultural Revival Discourse in Wole Soyinka's Novels

Wilfred Lajul

Chapter 9: Ba's Novel, So Long a Letter: A Glimpse of Women's Resilience Amidst Cultural and Religious Oppression in Sub-Saharan Africa

Betty J. Okot

Part IV: Philosophy and Language in African Drama

Chapter 10: Language of Freedom in the Trial of Dedan Kimathi and I Will Marry When I Want

Peace Yikiru

Chapter 11: Clash of Values in Wole Soyinka's Drama, The Lion and the Jewel: A Colonial Lens, and the African as the 'Other'

Beatrice Abonga Ajok and Gloria Rashid Akello

Conclusion: Significance of Philosophy and Language in African Literature

Wilfred Lajul

About the Contributors