How Long to Read Approaches to the African Novel

How Long Does it Take to Read Approaches to the African Novel?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read Approaches to the African Novel by Charles E. Nnolim

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Description

This Third Edition of Approaches to the African Novel is a child of necessity. Because of the unfortunate death of the publisher of Saros International who issued the First Edition and high demand this third, enlarged edition has become imperative. Three new essays (all previously published) are added, two expectedly on Achebe (the father of the African novel) and one on Mongp Betiís Mission to Kala which was partially anthologised in Contemporary Literary Criticism (Volume 27, 1984). Achebeís Things Fall Apart as an Igbo national epic has evoked a spate of reactions from critics of African literature especially the troika Chinweizu et al. in Toward the Decolonization of African Literature. It was also anthologised in Modern Black Literature edited by S. Okechukwu Menu (1971). The essay on Arrow of God whose structure and meaning has been largely avoided by other critics is included here for further airing. For gender balance, as the previous volume contained no essays on women writers, an essay on Flora Nwapa has been added. Since the novels discussed in this volume exclusively are on the African literature south of the Sahara, the last essay on Peter Abrahams comes in to round out this collection of essays with a study of a south African writer, for geographical balance.

How long is Approaches to the African Novel?

Approaches to the African Novel by Charles E. Nnolim is 226 pages long, and a total of 57,856 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Approaches to the African Novel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read Approaches to the African Novel aloud.

What Reading Level is Approaches to the African Novel?

Approaches to the African Novel is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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