From Africa: New Francophone Stories

171 Pages·2004·0.68 MB·English

by  Adele King

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new francophone stories
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editedbyAdeleKing.p. cm.Includesbibliographical
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references.isbn0-8032-2758-2(cloth:alk.paper)—
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isbn0-8032-7810-1(pbk.:alk.paper)1.Short
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stories,African(French)—Translations
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Contents
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7 Introduction ix
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Babyface 48
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TheBalladofaShipwreck 85
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are precolonial in theme, describing life in traditional society before the
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coming of outside influences. Among the predecessors of contemporary
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short-storywritersisBiragoDiop,whoseTalesofAmadouKoumba,while
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oftenliterarytranscriptionsoffolktales,canbeseenaswithinthetradition
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oftheshortstorybroadlydefined.
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WhereasearlyAfricanshortstorieswereofteninfluencedbytheoraltale,
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modernstoriesareusuallyrealistic,althoughoccasionallythesupernatural,
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oratleastcharacterswhobelieveinthesupernatural,canbefound.Political
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orsocialthemesdominate;shortstoriesareaboutcontemporarysociety.At
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