Individualism in both the African and the western novels

Author

Nibbu, Abd al-Qadir

Source

Dirassat

Issue

Vol. 2015, Issue 8 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.250-258, 9 p.

Publisher

Tahri Mohamed Bechar University Faculty of Letters and Foreign Languages Laboratory of Saharan Studies

Publication Date

2015-12-31

Country of Publication

Algeria

No. of Pages

9

Main Subjects

Literature

Abstract EN

The novel is a literary imaginative work of art concerned with human experience.

the novel in west Africa was unknown in the traditional society, which depended much on oral literature, i.e., oral plays and poetry (Seymour, 1985, p 6).

with the growing pace of western education in colonies in the late 1940s, the novel became a very important medium bearing the authors’ records of their sadness and reaction towards what was going on in their societies.

although the proper African novel in English is of English origin, it has preserved the author’s social status and his contribution to communal life as a part of a corporate-whole unaffected .

on the contrary, the western novel, from which the African novel emerged, has reflected the western author’s individualism to account for the novelist’s detachment from his ‘ruined’ society and his non-conformity to it.

to illustrate this view i will take Chinua Achebe and wole Soyinka from Nigeria as counterpart to kate chopin and t.s.

eliot from the usa.

in their novels : a man of the people (1965), the interpreters (1965), the awakening (1899), and the wasteland (1922) respectively.

Abstract FRE

Le roman est une œuvre d'art imaginative littéraire concernée avec l'expérience humaine.

Le roman en Afrique de l'Ouest était inconnu dans la société traditionnelle, qui a dépendu beaucoup de la littérature orale, c.-à-d., le théâtre et la poésie orale (Seymour, 1985, p 6).

Avec le rythme croissant de l'éducation occidentale dans les colonies vers la fin des années 1940, le roman est devenu un moyen très important soutenant portant les dossiers de tristesse et la réaction des auteurs vers ce qui se passait dans leurs sociétés .

Bien que le roman africain approprié en anglais soit d'origine anglaise, il a préservé le statut social de l'auteur et sa contribution individuelle à la vie communale comme une partie d'une corporation-entière inchangée.

Au contraire, le roman occidental, d' où le roman africain a émergé, a reflété l'individualisme de l'auteur occidental pour tenir compte du détachement du romancier de sa société 'ruinée ' et sa non-conformité à lui .

Pour illustrer cette vue je prendrai Chinua Achebe et Wole Soyinka du Nigéria comme contreparties à Kate Chopin et T.S.

Eliot de l'USA.

dans leurs romans: A Man of the People, Un Homme du Peuple (1965) ; The Interpreters, Les Interprètes (1965) ; The Awakening, Le Réveil (1899) ; and The Wasteland, de la terre en friche (1922) respectivement.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Nibbu, Abd al-Qadir. 2015. Individualism in both the African and the western novels. Dirassat،Vol. 2015, no. 8, pp.250-258.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Nibbu, Abd al-Qadir. Individualism in both the African and the western novels. Dirassat No. 8 (Dec. 2015), pp.250-258.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Nibbu, Abd al-Qadir. Individualism in both the African and the western novels. Dirassat. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 8, pp.250-258.
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Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 258

Record ID

BIM-868544