The Swahili Novel – Challenging the Idea of `Minor Literature` Garnier Hardback

The Swahili NovelChallenging the Idea of 'Minor Literature'\nAuthor(s): Xavier Garnier\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: James Currey, United Kingdom\nImprint: James Currey\nISBN-13: 9781847010797, 978-1847010797\nSynopsis\nWINNER: 2015 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award\n\nAn overview of the Swahili novel, its place in a globalized world and a reflection on the status and dynamism of Kafka's concept of 'minor literature'.\n\nFor more than fifty years a dynamic modern literature has been developing in the Kiswahili language. The political weight that Kiswahili carries as the emerging national and pan-national language of many East African countries places this literature, much of it in the form of novels, at the centre of heated literary debates on the social function of literature in the context of rapid global social change.\nGarnier provides new insights into the Swahili novel form with all its vibrancy and capacity for experimentation. Its obsession with social issues relates to.