02628nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10516885 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 101115s2011 nyu sb 001 0 eng d 2010045421 9781433112713 (hardcover alk. paper) 143311271X (hardcover alk. paper) 9781453905159 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)774287331 f------ PQ3984 .V35 2011eb 843.009/96 22 Vakunta, Peter W. Indigenization of language in the African francophone novel [electronic resource] : a new literary canon / Peter W. Vakunta. New York : P. Lang, c2011. xii, 166 p. Francophone cultures and literatures, 1077-0186 ; v. 59 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. African fiction (French) History and criticism. Language and culture Africa, French-speaking. Postcolonialism. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Francophone cultures and literatures ; v. 59. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10516885 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 223857 223857