Magical Realism in West African Fiction

by Brenda Cooper

Book Overview

This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the distinct elements of the genre in a West African context, and in relation to:
* a range of global expressions of magical realism, from the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to that of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415182395
• ISBN13: 9780415182393
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 8.9"