Whether Losing, Whether Winning Musings in Political Realism as a Political Reflection on the Imperative of History
Journal Title: Scholars Bulletin - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 5
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Abstract:Every committed writer has as his/her responsibility to address the socio- political, economic and cultural concerns of his society. The Anglophone Cameroonian writer has done that in poetry, drama and prose. However, G.D. Nyamndi, besides his prose and dramatic works which are basically fiction that is based on facts, has decided to take Anglophone Cameroonian literature to another dimension, namely, the essay. The essayist’s approach is very scientific and empirical in the sense that he/she tends to behave like a scientist, and every word, phrase, clause or sentence that he/she uses is thoroughly scrutinized. Samuel Johnson says proper words in proper places.Using the new historicist critical theory to interpret, analyze and evaluateNyamndi’sWhether Losing, Whether Winning: Musings in Political Realism, this paper reveals that Nyamndi in his essay has held his literary mirror closer to social reality than his fictional works. The paper concludes that the essay is the best instrument that can be used to gauge the socio-political and cultural climate of any society. Keywords: Politics, Realism, History. Reflection.
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Andrew T. Ngeh
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