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Title: | Autocracy and the limits of identity: a reading of the novels of Nuruddin Farah | Authors: | Mnthali, Felix | Discipline: | Center for Somali Studies List of Subjects::Literature::fiction (texts) Xoghayaha Xarunta Cilmibaarista Soomaaliyeed::Suugaan::sheeko (buugaag) Soggettario Centro Studi Somalo::LETTERATURA::Narrativa(Testi) |
Keywords: | fiction novel authoritarianism Nuruddin Farah sheeko mala'awaal sheeko keligiitalin Nuuruddiin Faarax narrativa romanzo autoritarismo Nuruddin Farah |
Issue Date: | 1989 | Publisher: | Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies (UCLA) | Type: | article | Journal: | Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies | Call Number: | Originale conservato presso il Centro Studi Somali (http://host.uniroma3.it/centri/CentroStudiSomali/index.php) | Pages: | 53-69 | Abstract: | The paper examines some typical features of Nuruddin Farah's fiction, focusing on the role of the family authoritarianism as well as the state autocracy in the assertion of individual ad social identity. The central theme of the article is the sum-total of the motifs, images, symbols, episodes and even epigraphs employed in Farah's novel represented by the unnamed General. Qoraalkani wuxuu falanqaynayaa dabeecadaha qaarkood ee xambaarsan qoraal sheekeedka Nuuruddiin Faarax o ku saabsan kelitalinta xagga qoyska iyo xagga taliska. Questo documento esamina alcune caratteristiche della narrativa di Nuruddin Farah, incentrando l'analisi sul ruolo dell'autoritarismo familiare e dell'autocrazia statale nell'affermazione dell'identità individuale e sociale. Il tema centrale è l'insieme dei motivi, delle immagini, dei simboli, degli episodi e anche delle epigrafi impiegate nel romanzo di Farah, rappresentato dal Generale senza nome. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2307/3822 | Rights: | http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5hq0r9wn | Language: | en |
Appears in Collections: | Articoli - Maqaallo - Articles |
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