The Famished Road: Ben Okri's Family Romance? - HAL-SHS - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société Access content directly
Journal Articles Commonwealth Essays and Studies Year : 2013

The Famished Road: Ben Okri's Family Romance?

Abstract

This article suggests that by breaking the cycle of the abiku in The Famished Road, Okri inserts Azaro into a lineage that turns him into a storyteller. It explores the nature of parent-child relationships in the novel from this perspective, using the concept of family romance to show how the association of family with storytelling reverberates in Okri’s writing.
Not file

Dates and versions

halshs-01074963 , version 1 (16-10-2014)

Identifiers

  • HAL Id : halshs-01074963 , version 1

Cite

Mélanie Joseph-Vilain. The Famished Road: Ben Okri's Family Romance?. Commonwealth Essays and Studies, 2013, Ben Okri, 35 (2), pp.67-78. ⟨halshs-01074963⟩

Collections

UNIV-BOURGOGNE TIL
63 View
0 Download

Share

Gmail Facebook Twitter LinkedIn More