Reading the Individual in Community: Personal Izibongo as Autobiographical Performance.
Focuses on the role of praise poetry in recognizing the complex connections between individual identity and larger shared identities. Contention of the author that personal izibongo constitute autobiographical discourse; Distinction between praise poetry and a narrative autobiography; Identification...
| Publicado en: | English in Africa Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 59 - 76 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Institute for the Study of English in Africa
May2004
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| Sumario: | Focuses on the role of praise poetry in recognizing the complex connections between individual identity and larger shared identities. Contention of the author that personal izibongo constitute autobiographical discourse; Distinction between praise poetry and a narrative autobiography; Identification of a connection between praise poetry and a narrative autobiography. |
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