Race, Culture, and Identity
Zahod V Afrriki in Africanke na Zahodu-Identitetna Potovanja in Migracije Junakinj v Literaturi Afriskih Pisatejic
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In the works of African women writers, Africa is seen in the grip of
change – through the combined eff ects of colonialism and post-colonialism,
the growth of urbanization, the redefi ning of traditional culture, and
the blending of the traditional and the modern. Th e ideas of transition and
transformation, the blending of old and new values, the increasing disintegration
of traditional culture, and uncritical adoption of western values all
frequently underpin the plots and themes of African women writers’ literature.
One of the main points of convergence between their various works
is a critique of the West as well as of western values and the western way of
life, which have taken root in Africa and now pervade all areas of life. Th ese
writers use literature as means of bringing to the fore the diffi culties that
they face and as a means of exploring African women’s identity in a time of
changing values, in the interplay between the post-colonial and traditional
systems.
Afrika na prepihu
Afriške pisateljice se v svojih literarnih delih ukvarjajo s sedanjimi in
polpreteklimi spremembami, ki se odražajo v afriškem vsakdanu, ter z vplivom
teh sprememb na junakinje literarnih besedil v tranzicijskem času.
Zanima jih spreminjanje afriške družbene realnosti, dihotomija tradicionalnega
in modernega oziroma (post)kolonialnega ter dileme zahodnih in
tradicionalnih vrednot, ki kličejo po redefi niranju identitete afriške ženske.
Porajajo se vprašanja, kako je zahodni vpliv spremenil življenje v Afriki, na
kakšen način je vzpostavljen odnos do zahodnega, v kolikšni meri je izražena
kritičnost do tradicionalnega ter kakšne so specifi čnosti okoliščin za
ženske. Bolj ali manj izrazito poudarjena in vrednotena je vrsta zahodnih
vplivov na življenje v Afriki, ki imajo posledice tako v zaznavanju prostora
kot razumevanju zgodovine.
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