Chapter published in:
The Dynamics of English in Namibia: Perspectives on an emerging varietyEdited by Anne Schröder
[Varieties of English Around the World G65] 2021
► pp. 219–240
Chapter 10Namibian literature in English
An overview
Kerstin Frank | Heidelberg University
This essay provides a survey of Namibian
literature written in English both before and after independence in
1990, but with a focus on post-independence writing. The survey is
structured by genre categories, starting with autobiographies,
novels and short stories and continuing with drama and poetry. In
each section, important authors and anthologies are briefly named
and selected works are given more detailed attention. While aiming
at a general overview of Namibian literature, this essay puts
particular focus on the way the texts negotiate the topic of
personal and national identity, either with reference to the
country’s colonial past and the liberation struggle or regarding
contemporary society and its social inequalities, contrasts and
cultural diversity.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction: Namibian literature and the challenges of cultural identity
- 2.Prose literature
- 3.Drama
- 4.Poetry
- 5.Conclusion
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Notes -
References
Published online: 10 September 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g65.10fra
https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g65.10fra
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