Anglo-African Literature
Week 11 - 1 May: Tutuola
https://archive.org/stream/ThePalmWineDrinkardAndMyLifeInTheBushOfGhostsAmosTutuola/The+Palm-Wine+Drinkard+and+My+Life+in+the+Bush+of+Ghosts+-+Amos+Tutuola_djvu.txt
Read the Foreword and the following chapters:
The Meaning of “Bad” and “Good” In the Bush of Ghosts
Study Questions
1)
How does the text disturb
traditional modes of narration?
2)
What are the most noticeable
features of the novel’s language?
3)
To what extent, in your
opinion, does the text speak in the authentic idiom of Africa?
4)
What links can be found in the
text to the art of oral storytelling?
5)
What is the role of imagination
in the text?