Elements of Orality in Ngugi Wa Thiong ’o ’s Wizard of the Crow

Many African writers have turned to oral literature for inspiration. In this paper, I examine Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s novel Wizard of the Crow and explain the stylistic (aesthetic) and didactic significance of its oral features. Some of the features of orality that I have identified include oral dialogu...

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Autore principale:	Osaaji, Mumia Geoffrey
Natura:	Artigo
Lingua:	Inglês
Pubblicazione:	Société des africanistes 2010
Soggetti:	orality postcolonialism hybridity polyphony magic realism free direct speech Oralité post colonialisme dualité polyphonie réalisme magique libre discours
Accesso online:	https://doi.org/10.4000/africanistes.2392 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/9b64 https://journals.openedition.org/africanistes/2392
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