Trends and tropes

"This collection explores topical and current issues in indigenous African language literatures of South Africa. These include, among others, narratological elements of literature, language usage, poetry analysis, and song lyrics. Each chapter presents findings that are particular to the authors' own research. This makes the collection a valuable source of knowledge penned in a diversity of writing styles across different literary genres. A noteworthy aspect of the work is that it combines both English and isiZulu material. Seventy per cent of the chapters are written in English and thirty percent in isiZulu. This is in a bid to encourage research presentations in indigenous languages. Also of interest is that the work covers traditional or less common forms such as folklore and essays. The scarcity of published books that discuss issues or aspects of indigenous African language literatures is what prompted the publication of this collection." --