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Indigenization of language in the African francophone novel

by Vakunta, Peter W.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Francophone cultures and literatures, 1077-0186 ; . v. 59 Published by : P. Lang, (New York :) Physical details: xii, 166 p.
Subject(s): African fiction (French) -- History and criticism. | Language and culture -- Africa, French-speaking. | Postcolonialism. | Electronic books.
Year: 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-162) and index.

Translation in African literature -- Theorizing literary postcoloniality -- Literary postcolonialism -- Translation and postcolonial theory -- African literature and the question of orality -- The socio-cultural context of contemporary fictional writing in Africa -- Theoretical foundations of orality and literacy -- Interface between orality and literacy in African literature -- Indigenization as a literary canon in the novels of Nazi Boni, Ahmadou Kourouma and Patrice Nganang -- The technique of "bwamufication" in Boni's Cr�epuscle des temps anciens -- Reflexification of French words -- Proverbs, ideophones, and other rhetorical devices -- Oralization of written discourse -- The "malinkelization" of French discourse in Les soleils des ind�ependances -- Intralingual translation in Les soleils des ind�ependances -- Proverbs, idiomatic expressions, and other linguistic innovations -- Translating orality into the written word -- Code-switching as a narrative technique in Nganang's Temps de chien -- Camfranglais -- Pidgin English -- Indigenous languages.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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