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- catalog abstract ""Combining a sustained critical engagement of Anglo-American theory with focused close-readings of major African writers, this book performs a long-overdue cross-fertilization of ideas among poststructuralism, postcolonial theory, and African literature. The author examines several influential figures in current theory such as Habermas, Althusser, Laclau and Mouffe, as well as the theorists of postcolonialism, and offers an extended reading of the Nigerian writers D.O. Fagunwa, Wole Soyinka, Amos Tutuola, and Chinua Achebe. He argues that contrary to what the purism and voluntarism common to postcolonial theory might suggest, one lesson of African letters is that significant agency can result from acts that are blind to their determinations. For George, African letters offer an instance of "agency-in-motion," as opposed to agency in theory."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12802001.
- catalog coverage "Nigeria In literature.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Combining a sustained critical engagement of Anglo-American theory with focused close-readings of major African writers, this book performs a long-overdue cross-fertilization of ideas among poststructuralism, postcolonial theory, and African literature. The author examines several influential figures in current theory such as Habermas, Althusser, Laclau and Mouffe, as well as the theorists of postcolonialism, and offers an extended reading of the Nigerian writers D.O. Fagunwa, Wole Soyinka, Amos Tutuola, and Chinua Achebe. He argues that contrary to what the purism and voluntarism common to postcolonial theory might suggest, one lesson of African letters is that significant agency can result from acts that are blind to their determinations. For George, African letters offer an instance of "agency-in-motion," as opposed to agency in theory."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-221) and index.".
- catalog description "Issues and contexts: on knowledge as limit -- Contemporary theory and the demand for agency -- The logic of agency in African literary criticism -- D.O. Fagunwa as compound of spells -- Wole Soyinka and the challenge of transition.".
- catalog extent "xx, 227 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0791455416 (acid paper)".
- catalog identifier "0791455424 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studies".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albany : State University of New York Press,".
- catalog spatial "Africa".
- catalog spatial "Africa.".
- catalog spatial "Nigeria In literature.".
- catalog subject "820.9/896 21".
- catalog subject "Achebe, Chinua Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "African literature (English) History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Agent (Philosophy) in literature.".
- catalog subject "Decolonization in literature.".
- catalog subject "Fagunwa, D. O. Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society Africa History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "PR9340.5 .G46 2003".
- catalog subject "Postcolonialism Africa.".
- catalog subject "Poststructuralism Africa.".
- catalog subject "Soyinka, Wole Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Tutuola, Amos Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Issues and contexts: on knowledge as limit -- Contemporary theory and the demand for agency -- The logic of agency in African literary criticism -- D.O. Fagunwa as compound of spells -- Wole Soyinka and the challenge of transition.".
- catalog title "Relocating agency : modernity and African letters / Olakunle George.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".