- AutorIn
- Prof. Dr. Said A. M. Khamis
- Titel
- The Swahili novelist at the crossroad: the dilemma of identity and fecundity
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-91101
- Quellenangabe
- Swahili-Forum - 14.2007
- Quellenangabe
- Swahili Forum 14 (2007), S. 165-180
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2007
- Abstract (EN)
- \"Are there any national literatures in black Africa yet? The simple answer is no. [...] If one examines the development of the African language literature that do exists, one is struck by certain recurring tendencies. Many of the books produced, particularly the early works, are of a predominantly moralistic nature. Sometimes they are retelling of folk stories or Bible stories, sometimes imitations of European religious literature, sometimes both.\\\" (Lindfors 1997: 121; 123) Certain anomalies are obvious in the above extract. Swahili written literature with its long-standing tradition, dating far back to the 17th century, has relativly gathered its own aesthetic criteria, values and sensibility, hence \\\''own\\\'' integrity and world view. I dare say that Lindfors will be suprised to learn today, how fast the Swahili novel has developed since when he had left it when he read Andrzejewski et al (1985) and Gérard (1981), who (by the way), themselves did not then see the their works as presenting a complete picture of African literatures in African languages. This essay aims at showing the predicament of the Swahili novelist at the crossroads and how, in a contemporary situation, s/he works out his or her strategies towards resolving the impasses.
- Freie Schlagwörter (DE)
- Swahili, afrikanische Literatur, afrikanische Sprachen, Roman, Said Khamis, Swahili Schriftsteller
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- Swahili, African literature, African languages, novel, Said Khamis, Swahili writer
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 496
- Normschlagwörter (GND)
- Swahili, Außereuropäische Literatur, Afrikanische Sprachen,
- Herausgeber (Institution)
- Universität Bayreuth
- Universität Mainz
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-91101
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 14.08.2012
- Dokumenttyp
- Artikel
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch