THEepic is a major literary genre. often founding. as was the case for French medieval literature. But, contrary to the French domain, where the epic has long since disappeared, contemporary Africa still includes two large areas where the epic genre is particularly lively: West Africa and Central and Eastern Africa, with a extension in South Africa. These two large areas offer an incomparable panoply of royal, corporate, religious or mythological epics, which, fixed in writing, reveal an incredible formal beauty. This work offers the French-speaking reader a vast panorama, which, by the richness of the texts offered in anthology, and by the relevance of the analyzes proposed, allows an in-depth understanding, not only of African epics, but also of the forms and objectives of the genre. epic in very varied geographical and cultural areas.
The epics of Black Africa
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Part Number | 9782811102104 |
Release Date | 2009-05-01T00:00:01Z |
Language | Français |
Number Of Pages | 634 |
Publication Date | 2009-05-01T00:00:01Z |