Representations of Africa in Ben Okri's and Alexander McCall Smith's Works
Representations of Africa in Ben Okri's and Alexander McCall Smith's Works
Author(s): Berrin N. AksoySubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Philology, British Literature
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: representations of Africa; postcolonialism; nostalgia; hope; British fiction;
Summary/Abstract: This presentation explores the representation of Africa in different novels by two different writers. The novels belong to late 20th and early 21st-century British fiction set in Africa. The two writers have different backgrounds in many ways except for their engagement, love and complicated relationship with the African continent. I argue that the representation by these writers reveals the meaning and significance of Africa in a postcolonial context as a space of nostalgia, loss, and eventually, hope in contemporary British fiction.
Journal: Analele Universităţii Ovidius din Constanţa. Seria Filologie
- Issue Year: XXXIII/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 3-10
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English