2. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be
able to:
• Name the literature in East Africa, West Africa,
South Africa and Russia.
• Differentiate literature in East Africa, West
Africa, South Africa and Russia.
• Recall the writers in East Africa, West Africa,
South Africa and Russia.
3. Guess the word
The world's second
largest and second most
populous continent.
13. INTRODUCTION
African literature consists of a body of work in different languages
and various genres, ranging from oral literature to literature written in
colonial languages. Oral literature, including stories, dramas, riddles,
histories, myths, songs, proverbs, and other expressions, is frequently
employed to educate and entertain children. Oral histories, myths, and
proverbs additionally serve to remind whole communities of their
ancestors' heroic deeds, their past, and the precedents for their
customs and traditions.
15. • The people of East Africa speak the Swahili
language. They live in Kenya, Uganda, the
United Republic of Tanzania, and Malawi.
• The oldest forms of folklore include mashaira
songs, now firmly established in the literature.
• The earliest known literary productions in
Swahili are the Liongo songs.
17. A Somali writer who was known for his rich
imagination. He was widely considered the
most significant Somali writer in any
European language.
• A Naked Needle (1976)
• Sweet and Sour Milk (1979)
• Sardines (1981)
• Close Sesame (1983)
NURRUDIN FARAH
18. He was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist
and politician who governed Kenya as its
Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and
then as its first President from 1964 to
his death in 1978.
• Facing Mount Kenya (1938), is an
anthropological study of the people of
the Kikuyu ethnicity of central Kenya.
JOMO KENYATTA
20. Literary traditions within an area covering five
countries with a tradition in Anglophone writing:
Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
Together, these states have a population of about
140 million. But all in all united nations define Africa
as 16 countries.
The literary traditions of the region have been
shaped by these interlocking cultural histories and
identities.
WEST AFRICAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
22. • a Nigerian novelist acclaimed for his
unsentimental depictions of the social
and psychological disorientation
accompanying the imposition of
Western customs and values upon
traditional African society.
• Things Fall Apart (1958), Achebe's first
novel, concerns with colonization,
family, religion, tradition, language,
masculinity, and fate and free will.
CHINUA ACHEBE
24. SOUTH AFRICA
• was colonized by Europeans against the resistance of
Africans and was for some time afterward a battlefield
between Briton and Boer.
• South Africa became independent in 1910.
• Indigenous South African literature effectively began in
the late 19th century and became fairly copious in the
20th century.
27. NADINE GORDIMER
- South African novelist and short-
story writer.
- Major theme was exile and
alienation.
- She received the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1991.
Face to Face (1949)
The Lying Days (1953)
28.
29. ALAN PATON
A South African writer, best known for
his first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country
(1948), a passionate tale of racial
injustice that brought international
attention to the problem of apartheid in
South Africa.
Cry, the Beloved Country (1948)
Too Late the Phalarope (1953)
30. o African writer who described the
contradictions and shortcomings of
pre- and postcolonial African society
in morally didactic novels and stories.
o When Rain Clouds Gather (1969)
o Question of Power (1973)
BESSIE HEAD
32. RUSSIAN LITERATURE
• While there is a rich history of Russian literature,
often there are common themes that appear
throughout the ages. Most notably is the struggle for
stability; Russian history has been a whirlwind of war
and tyranny. This struggle often translates as
redemption through suffering.
34. The Russian novelist and moral
philosopher.
He ranks as one of the world's great
writers, and his War and Peace has
been called the greatest novel ever
written.
War and Peace (1865)
Anna Karenina (1873-1877)
LEO TOLSTOY
