North African writing
Ortzen, Len,
North African writing / selected, translated, and with an introduction by Len Ortzen. - London : Heinemann Educational, c1970. - [ca 7], 134 p. ; 19 cm.
Label mounted on t.p.: Humanities Press, New York.
Bibliography: p. [132]-134.
One of the success stories of British publishing in the sixties, Heinemann's African Writers Series continues to go from strength to strength. "A.W.S." began in 1963 with the publication of Chinua Achebe's first novels; now, seven years later, it already includes seventy-five titles and has been of enormous service to teachers and students of African literature. North African Writing is strong enough to stand beside any of these earlier titles, and performs the invaluable function of making available some first-rate writing from Morocco and Algeria which Anglo- phone readers would otherwise find hard to obtain. The nine writers included here have all been brought up as Muslims and write in French; all, except Assia Djebar, are men; all are more or less conscious of the conflicts be- tween their Arab origins and their French education or aspirations: as the editor puts it, they are aware of "belonging at once to their own people and to French civilization, and obviously feel the tension in their blood and bones." Such contradictions are, it is true, also found in writers from other parts of Africa: a metropolitan language and religion clashing with the linguistic and spiritual rhythms of an African upbringing, as in Okot p'Bitek's magnificent Song of Lawino, the best work to emerge from East Africa. These facts, the clichés of black or white criticism of African literature, have already been sufficiently documented, although the thesis-compiler will dis- cover further evidence of them in North African Writing. -- http://www.jstor.org (Oct. 5, 2016)
eng
0435900730
North African fiction (French)
896.5 ORT
North African writing / selected, translated, and with an introduction by Len Ortzen. - London : Heinemann Educational, c1970. - [ca 7], 134 p. ; 19 cm.
Label mounted on t.p.: Humanities Press, New York.
Bibliography: p. [132]-134.
One of the success stories of British publishing in the sixties, Heinemann's African Writers Series continues to go from strength to strength. "A.W.S." began in 1963 with the publication of Chinua Achebe's first novels; now, seven years later, it already includes seventy-five titles and has been of enormous service to teachers and students of African literature. North African Writing is strong enough to stand beside any of these earlier titles, and performs the invaluable function of making available some first-rate writing from Morocco and Algeria which Anglo- phone readers would otherwise find hard to obtain. The nine writers included here have all been brought up as Muslims and write in French; all, except Assia Djebar, are men; all are more or less conscious of the conflicts be- tween their Arab origins and their French education or aspirations: as the editor puts it, they are aware of "belonging at once to their own people and to French civilization, and obviously feel the tension in their blood and bones." Such contradictions are, it is true, also found in writers from other parts of Africa: a metropolitan language and religion clashing with the linguistic and spiritual rhythms of an African upbringing, as in Okot p'Bitek's magnificent Song of Lawino, the best work to emerge from East Africa. These facts, the clichés of black or white criticism of African literature, have already been sufficiently documented, although the thesis-compiler will dis- cover further evidence of them in North African Writing. -- http://www.jstor.org (Oct. 5, 2016)
eng
0435900730
North African fiction (French)
896.5 ORT