Magical Realism in West African Fiction: Seeing with a Third Eye

by Brenda Cooper

Book Overview

This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the distinct elements of the genre in a West African context, and in relation to:
* a range of global expressions of magical realism, from the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to that of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415340616
• ISBN13: 9780415340618
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"