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The Oral Aesthetic in Barbara Kimenye’s Kalasanda

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  • Felix Ayioka Orina

    (Kibabii University, Department of Eljmc, Kenya)

  • Christine Namayi

    (Kibabii University, Department of Eljmc, Kenya)

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Barbara Kimenye is recognized as one of East Africa’s influential writers with her novels and novellas focusing on concerns and styles drawn from her immediate context: East Africa. Through her works, it is not only possible to bring out the flexibility and elasticity of oral traditions but also ways in which the European tradition of the novel and African modes of expression complement each other. Kimenye’s Kalasanda fuses the two traditions to achieve a specific intended effect on and reaction from the reader that she targets. The present study, therefore, is not only an attempt to reveal the universal credentials of the oral traditions but also to show how specific oral tradition features may be determined by both context and the author’s aesthetic aspirations.

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  • Felix Ayioka Orina & Christine Namayi, 2021. "The Oral Aesthetic in Barbara Kimenye’s Kalasanda," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 5(3), pages 115-119, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:5:y:2021:i:3:p:115-119
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