- AutorIn
- Prof. Dr. Kyallo Wadi Wamitila
- Titel
- A philosophical labyrinth: tracing two critical motifs in Kezilahabi´s prose works
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-93522
- Quellenangabe
- Swahili-Forum - 5.1998
- Quellenangabe
- Swahili Forum 5 (1998), S. 79-91
- Abstract (EN)
- This study aims at studying one of the most important contemporary Kiswahili writers: Euphrase Kezilahabi. In a way this paper can be seen as a continuation of my earlier articles on the same writer. It is definitely different from the other ones though a certain thread links them: the interest in Kezilahabi`s philosophy. In this paper my interest is with two main motifs namely contemptus mundi and carpe diem. Contemptus mundi is a Latin expression for contemptible world, world as a bad place and one that is perceived contemptuously. I intend to explore the said motifs in Kezilahabi\''s prose works: Rosa Mistika, Kichwamaji, Gamba la Nyoka, Dunia Uwanja wa Fujo, Nagana and Mzingile. The latter two works are slightly short, lacking the novel length of the other four works. I do not, however, want to entangle myself in the polemics of genre as to what a novel or novella is. I will, however, regard the two as novellas at least by the virtue of their length.
- Freie Schlagwörter (DE)
- Swahili, Afrikanische Literatur, Euphrase Kezilahabi, Philosophie
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- Swahili, African literature, Euphrase Kezilahabi, philosophy
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 496
- Normschlagwörter (GND)
- Swahili, Außereuropäische Literatur, Kezilahabi, Euphrase
- Herausgeber (Institution)
- University of Nairobi
- Universität zu Köln
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-93522
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 09.08.2012
- Dokumenttyp
- Artikel
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch