Ngugi wa Thiong'o's politics of language: commitment and complicity
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| contents | Ngugi wa Thiong'o's politics of language: commitment and complicity Ângela Lamas Rodrigues Lengua y Literatura exile colonialism African languages European languages politics of language Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s politics of language has been controversially received by his critics, who tend to either overemphasize his revolutionary trajectory as an African writer or devalue his efforts to produce an African language-based literature. Through a historical and cultural analysis, the present work offers an alternative view of Ngũgĩ’s treatment of the language question as a problematic, yet necessary, attempt to interrogate and alter his cultural alignments with European colonialism. 2011 artículo científico 1983-4675 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=307426647002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3074 Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture application/pdf Universidade Estadual de Maringá Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Brasil) Num.1 Vol.33 |
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| spellingShingle | Ngugi wa Thiong'o's politics of language: commitment and complicity Ângela Lamas Rodrigues Lengua y Literatura exile colonialism African languages European languages politics of language Ngugi wa Thiong'o's politics of language: commitment and complicity Ângela Lamas Rodrigues Lengua y Literatura exile colonialism African languages European languages politics of language Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s politics of language has been controversially received by his critics, who tend to either overemphasize his revolutionary trajectory as an African writer or devalue his efforts to produce an African language-based literature. Through a historical and cultural analysis, the present work offers an alternative view of Ngũgĩ’s treatment of the language question as a problematic, yet necessary, attempt to interrogate and alter his cultural alignments with European colonialism. 2011 artículo científico 1983-4675 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=307426647002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3074 Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture application/pdf Universidade Estadual de Maringá Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Brasil) Num.1 Vol.33 |
| title | Ngugi wa Thiong'o's politics of language: commitment and complicity |
| topic | Lengua y Literatura exile colonialism African languages European languages politics of language |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=307426647002 |