Time and Nature in the Poetry of Niyi Osundare: Poetics of Animism, Anthropocene, and Capitalocene

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Chukwunwike Anolue

Time and Nature in the Poetry of Niyi Osundare

Poetics of Animism, Anthropocene, and Capitalocene

Chukwunwike Anolue

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Routledge
02 August 2024

Literary studies: post-colonial literature; Literary studies: poetry & poets

Series: Routledge Studies in African Literature

This book provides an ecocritical analysis of the poetry of the famous Nigerian poet Niyi Osundare. It interrogates the intricate interface between time and nature in 11 of Osundare’s defining poetry collections. This is a book of postcolonial ecocriticism from an African perspective. It brings together the ecocritical theory of animism and theories of geologic time in the discussion of Osundare’s poetry. Osundare shows that animism has a lot to offer in enriching human understanding of the ecosystem. And while he eloquently catalogues problems undermining the health of the earth in this age of the Anthropocene and the Capitalocene in his poetry, he also holds on to the hope of a better future. The book concludes that Osundare’s optimism is what informs his use of poetry to press humankind to rise to the duty of salvaging the environment.

Deploying an interdisciplinary approach that stretches across the fields of literature, religion, geology, physics, economics, and anthropology, this book will be an important read for those looking for fresh ways to understand Osundare’s poetry and African nature writing.

Chukwunwike Anolue is a lecturer in English and Literary Studies at Sa’adu Zungur University, Gadau, Nigeria. He holds a PhD in African Literature from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2021, he won the African Humanities Program Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. His research interests span African literature, literature and the environment, time studies in literature, and feminist studies.

By: Chukwunwike Anolue
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032679693
ISBN 10: 1032679697
Series: Routledge Studies in African Literature
Pages: 164
Publication Date: 02 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Chukwunwike Anolue is a lecturer in English and Literary Studies at Sa’adu Zungur University, Gadau, Nigeria. He holds a PhD in African Literature from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2021, he won the African Humanities Program Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. His research interests span African literature, literature and the environment, time studies in literature, and feminist studies.