Title :

‘In this country, the very air we breathe is politics’: Helon Habila and the Flowing Together of Politics and Poetics

Author(s) :

Courtois, Cédric [Auteur]
Centre d'Études en Civilisations, Langues et Lettres Étrangères - ULR 4074 [CECILLE]

Journal title :

Commonwealth Essays and Studies
Confluence/Reconstruction

Publisher :

Société d'étude des pays du Commonwealth

Publication date :

2018-05-09

ISSN :

0395-6989

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Littératures

English abstract : [en]

Helon Habila’s literary output has until now been characterised by a great focus on politics and history. Inheriting from a number of great Nigerian writers, he falls into the scope of these literary predecessors who have ...
Show more >Helon Habila’s literary output has until now been characterised by a great focus on politics and history. Inheriting from a number of great Nigerian writers, he falls into the scope of these literary predecessors who have considered that literature is commitment, but he also tends to move away from this tradition. Politics and poetics flow together in his work to denounce military rule, but also the paradox of a country, extremely wealthy as regards oil, yet incapable of making its population benefit from it fully, thus pointing to the false promises that oil offers.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Centre d'Études en Civilisations Langues et Lettres Étrangères (CECILLE) - ULR 4074

Source :

Harvested from HAL