Stylistic Approaches to Nigerian Fiction

Daria Tunca works in the English Department of the University of Liège, Belgium. Her research focuses on stylistic approaches to African literatures, with a particular emphasis on contemporary Nigerian fiction.

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Towards an 'African Stylistics'? Historiographical and Methodological Considerations 2. Of Palm Oil and Wafers: Characterization in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus 3. 'The Other Half of the Sun': Ideology in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun 4. Art is a Journey: Metaphor in Ben Okri's The Landscapes Within and Dangerous Love 5. 'Bi-textual' Poetics: Investigating Form in Chris Abani's Becoming Abigail 6. Children at War: Language and Representation in Uzodinma Iweala's Beasts of No Nation and Chris Abani's Song for Night Conclusion Bibliography Index