Black Consciousness and South Africa's National Literature

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-86288-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 149 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 221 g

This book analyses Black Consciousness poetry and theatre from the 1970s through to the present. South Africa’s literature, like its history, has been beset by disagreement and contradiction, and has been consistently difficult to pin down as one, united entity. Much existing criticism on South Africa’s national literature has attempted to overcome these divisions by discussing material written from a variety of different subject positions together. This book argues that Black Consciousness desired a new South Africa where African and European cultures were valued equally, and writers could represent both as they wished. Thus, a body of literature was created that addressed a range of audiences and imagined the South African nation in different ways. This book explores Black Consciousness in order to demonstrate how South African writers have responded in various ways to the changing history and politics of their country.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Penfold, Tom

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Afrikanische Literaturen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Postkoloniale Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.- List of Abbreviations.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The History of Black Consciousness.- Chapter 3. Literary Journals and the Direction of the Nation.- Chapter 4. Black Consciousness and the Soweto Poets.- Chapter 5. Theatrical Performance in the 1980s.- Chapter 6. The Poets of No Sure Place.- Chapter 7. Continuing Imaginings.- Bibliography.- Index.-

Über Autor(innen)

Tom Penfold is Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Birmingham, UK, in 2013. He has published widely on contemporary South African poetry and fiction. His current work compares literature in Brazil and South Africa.