ISINKA (Igbo term for "artistic purpose") establishes Chinua Achebes legacies to African literary criticism over half a century. The book starts with a Prologue followed by thirty highly engaging chapters, and ends with an Epilogue. The chapters are grouped into six parts namely: "Art and Aesthetics," "Igbo Worldview and Christianity," "The Artist in Society," "Visions of History," "African Womanhood," and "Influences." In these essays, literary scholars from various parts of the world, attempt dynamically to assess and establish how much Chinua Achebes extra fictional ideas about African Literature or Literature in general, are justified in his own creative works. ISINKA is thus a logical sequel to OMENKA which examined the dimensions of Chinua Achebes achievements as Africas leading novelist of the 20th century, and "one of the worlds best, dead or alive."
Product details
- Publisher : Africa World Press (May 1, 2004)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 396 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0865438781
- ISBN-13 : 978-0865438781
- Item Weight : 1.63 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.25 x 8.75 inches