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Greener Journal of Language and Literature Research Vol. 6(1), pp. 1-10, 2020 ISSN: 2384-6402 Copyright ©2020, the copyright of this article is retained by the author(s)
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The Place of North African Literature in African Literary Canon
Oluwatoyin Umar
Plateau State University, Bokkos Plateau State University, Bokkos
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Article No.: 030620047 Type: Research
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This study is an evaluation of North African literature, aimed at contributing to the few available discourses on the rather “silent” voices of writers from North Africa in mainstream African literary studies. Within the theoretical framework of New Historicism, the study examines the influence of Arab nationalism, colonialism, as well as literary trends and movements on the development of modern North African literature. The study provides textual analyses of selected works of Driss Chraibi, Tayeb Salih, Nawal El Saadawi, Tawfiq Al-Hakim, Abdelkader Alloula, Kateb Yacine, Ahmed Shawqi, Al-Qasim Al-Shabbi and Muhammad Al-Fayturi, which are available in English translations from Arabic or French. This work identifies themes of anti-colonialism, cultural identity, quest for freedom, leadership problems and patriarchy, as recurring themes in North African poetry, prose and drama. The study traces and locates the place of North African literature in African literature, and concludes that North African literature is both Arab and African. |
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Accepted: 18/03/2020 Published: 28/06/2020 |
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*Corresponding Author Oluwatoyin Umar E-mail: funtofe3@ gmail. com Phone: 08060870823 |
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Keywords: North Africa; colonialism; Arab |
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Cite this Article: Umar, O (2020). The Place of North African Literature in African Literary Canon. Greener Journal of Language and Literature Research, 6(1): 1-10. |