The Cameroonian Novel of English Expression. An Introduction

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The Cameroonian Novel of English Expression. An Introduction is written by S. A. Ambanasom and published by African Books Collective. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9956558699 (ISBN 10) and 9789956558698 (ISBN 13).

In this eclectic and compelling book, Ambanasom sets out to achieve three primary objectives: to introduce the reader to the extensive body of Cameroonian novels in English, to re-examine the distorting and limiting criteria upon which the critical assessment of the Cameroonian novel in English has so far been based, and to bridge the widening chasm between literary theory and actual critical practice. To achieve these objectives, Ambanasom begins by elaborating an alternative and flexible theoretical framework which he christens the 'Socio-Artistic Approach' and which, according to him, is 'concerned with both a text's thematic, moral, cultural or ideological issues, on the one hand, and its central literary analysis, on the other.' He then proceeds to use this new critical framework to examine twenty-seven major Cameroonian novels in English.