ECAS 2009
3rd European Conference on African Studies
Leipzig, 4 to 7 June 2009

Panel 61: African Studies and Perspectives on Comparative Literature (Matthew Iwuchukwu)

Panel Organiser: Matthew Iwuchukwu

This panel addresses the relevance of research in comparative literature within the framework of African studies, with emphasis on African and European literatures in indigenous and European languages. It highlights different theoretical, methodological and critical perspectives on comparative literature with particular reference to a number of creative works from Africa and Europe. 

Accepted Abstracts

 
Feminism, Womanism and Motherism in African Literary Discourse
EXPLORATION OF ORAL STORYTELLING AS A TOOL OF LANGUAGE TEACHING IN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS
 
Literary Dialogue in Drama: A Comparative Study of Gender Differences in Igbo
 
Magical Realism in German and Igbo Literatures: A Comparative Study
 
Templatic Pattern and Lineation in Oral Poetry: A Comparative Study of Yoruba and Igbo Poems
 
AFRICAN CONCEPT OF FEMINISM; A STUDY OF IFEOMA OKOYE'S CHIMERE AND NAFISSATOU DIALLO'S DU TILENE AU PLATEAU.
 
Organization of Space and Discourse on Governance in Signate's Une aube si fragile and Ousmane's 15 ans, ca suffit!
BEYOND INFLUENCE THE DEMOCRATIC RELEVANCE OF OLA ROTIMI'S ADAPTATION OF SOPHOCLES' OEDIPUS THE KING
 
Theatre and Globalization: Emerging Trends in the Dialectics of Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa