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• catalog abstract "Eileen Julien sees the search for oral origins in African literature as a quest for African authenticity. She critiques and revises the conceptual category of orality as it has been understood and used by scholars, stressing the transformation of narrative genres as an index of socio-political relations and authorial vision. Julien examines the premise that the connection between oral tradition and the novel is a sign of continuity and authenticity; she demonstrates that. The premise is, in part, a response to the dominance of Eurocentric criticism. Critics in the West and in Africa have come to accept an essentialist view that writing is European and orality, African. Thus studies of the relationship between oral and written texts are often tautological (the novel is European, "orality" makes it authentically African). Or they lead to problematic or simplistic conclusions: the "incorporation" of oral materials sometimes enhances the. Novel, sometimes menaces it. African Novels and the Question of Orality argues that the adaptation of oral narrative genres is not a necessary feature of the novel but is, rather, an arbitrary one that expresses an imaginative solution to aesthetic and ideological problems: manipulation of genre reflects an author's narrative goals and social and ideological visions. Julien's argument emphasizes the writer's intent and allows for more complex interpretations of his or. Her work. In part II of her study, Julien selects three generic tendencies (epic, initiation story, and fable) to use as the basis for detailed study of six novels. She reads each novel not as a "natural" derivation of an oral tradition but as a meaningful reappropriation of an oral narrative genre. That is to say, these genres may have origins in oral traditions, but they are adapted and transformed differentially--in specific, intricate, and significant ways. The. Novels of epic tendency, Hampate Ba's L'Etrange Destin de Wangrin (1974) and Ousmane Sembene's Les Bouts de bois de Dieu (1960), reveal a range of adaptation. In the first, the categories of hero and object of the quest show degradation and thereby signal a decline in possibilities for heroism under colonialism. In the second, categories of hero and heroic action are revised, challenging the hierarchical norms implicit in the epic. The initiation story also bears. Evidence of differential adaptation. Camara Laye's Le Regard du roi (1954) nostalgically seeks to assert the old order, in which community and nature are one and supreme, while Jean-Marie Adiaffi's modifications in La Carte d'identite (1980) signal important changes in contemporary society--heterogeneity and new forces and issues--changes for which this metaphysical form seems inappropriate. In her examination of the fable, Julien shows that in the neo-colonial context. This genre lends itself to sophisticated experimentation in political discourse. Sony Labou Tansi's La Vie et demie (1979) and Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Devil on the Cross (1982) caricature the puerile representatives of political and economic power through grotesque physical appetites and bodily deformations.".
• catalog contributor b3571716.
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description "Eileen Julien sees the search for oral origins in African literature as a quest for African authenticity. She critiques and revises the conceptual category of orality as it has been understood and used by scholars, stressing the transformation of narrative genres as an index of socio-political relations and authorial vision. Julien examines the premise that the connection between oral tradition and the novel is a sign of continuity and authenticity; she demonstrates that.".
• catalog description "Evidence of differential adaptation. Camara Laye's Le Regard du roi (1954) nostalgically seeks to assert the old order, in which community and nature are one and supreme, while Jean-Marie Adiaffi's modifications in La Carte d'identite (1980) signal important changes in contemporary society--heterogeneity and new forces and issues--changes for which this metaphysical form seems inappropriate. In her examination of the fable, Julien shows that in the neo-colonial context.".
• catalog description "Her work. In part II of her study, Julien selects three generic tendencies (epic, initiation story, and fable) to use as the basis for detailed study of six novels. She reads each novel not as a "natural" derivation of an oral tradition but as a meaningful reappropriation of an oral narrative genre. That is to say, these genres may have origins in oral traditions, but they are adapted and transformed differentially--in specific, intricate, and significant ways. The.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-173) and index.".
• catalog description "Novel, sometimes menaces it. African Novels and the Question of Orality argues that the adaptation of oral narrative genres is not a necessary feature of the novel but is, rather, an arbitrary one that expresses an imaginative solution to aesthetic and ideological problems: manipulation of genre reflects an author's narrative goals and social and ideological visions. Julien's argument emphasizes the writer's intent and allows for more complex interpretations of his or.".
• catalog description "Novels of epic tendency, Hampate Ba's L'Etrange Destin de Wangrin (1974) and Ousmane Sembene's Les Bouts de bois de Dieu (1960), reveal a range of adaptation. In the first, the categories of hero and object of the quest show degradation and thereby signal a decline in possibilities for heroism under colonialism. In the second, categories of hero and heroic action are revised, challenging the hierarchical norms implicit in the epic. The initiation story also bears.".
• catalog description "The premise is, in part, a response to the dominance of Eurocentric criticism. Critics in the West and in Africa have come to accept an essentialist view that writing is European and orality, African. Thus studies of the relationship between oral and written texts are often tautological (the novel is European, "orality" makes it authentically African). Or they lead to problematic or simplistic conclusions: the "incorporation" of oral materials sometimes enhances the.".
• catalog description "The search for continuity and authenticity -- An impoverished paradigm -- The importance of genre -- A dubious heroism: epic modalities in L'Etrange Destin de Wangrin -- The democratization of epic: Les Bouts de bois de Dieu -- Authority reconstructed: Le Regard du roi -- An ambiguous quest: La Carte d'identite -- "The Emperor's New Clothes": The lens of fable in La Vie et demie -- "The Mouth That Did Not Eat itself": From object of representation to medium in Devil on the Cross -- Toward new readings of the novel.".
• catalog description "This genre lends itself to sophisticated experimentation in political discourse. Sony Labou Tansi's La Vie et demie (1979) and Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Devil on the Cross (1982) caricature the puerile representatives of political and economic power through grotesque physical appetites and bodily deformations.".
• catalog extent "x, 180 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "African novels and the question of orality.".
• catalog identifier "0253207029 (paper : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0253331013 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "African novels and the question of orality.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Bloomington : Indiana University Press,".
• catalog relation "African novels and the question of orality.".
• catalog spatial "Africa.".
• catalog subject "809.3 20".
• catalog subject "African fiction (English) History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "African fiction (French) History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "African fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Oral tradition Africa.".
• catalog subject "Oral tradition in literature.".
• catalog subject "PQ3984 .J85 1992".
• catalog tableOfContents "The search for continuity and authenticity -- An impoverished paradigm -- The importance of genre -- A dubious heroism: epic modalities in L'Etrange Destin de Wangrin -- The democratization of epic: Les Bouts de bois de Dieu -- Authority reconstructed: Le Regard du roi -- An ambiguous quest: La Carte d'identite -- "The Emperor's New Clothes": The lens of fable in La Vie et demie -- "The Mouth That Did Not Eat itself": From object of representation to medium in Devil on the Cross -- Toward new readings of the novel.".
• catalog title "African novels and the question of orality / Eileen Julien.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".