The Famished Road: Ben Okri’s Family Romance?

This article suggests that by breaking the cycle of the abiku, 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...

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Published in:	Commonwealth (Rodez, France) France), 2013-04, Vol.35 (2), p.67-78
Main Author:	Joseph-Vilain, Mélanie
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Authors English Literature Family Famished Road Trilogy (The Famished Road Songs of Enchantment Infinite Riches) Humanities and Social Sciences Literature Mythology, African Nigerian literature Okri, Ben Parent and child Parent-Child Relations Quayson, Ato Romance languages Storytelling Twentieth Century
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Summary:	This article suggests that by breaking the cycle of the abiku, 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.
ISSN:	2270-0633 0395-6989 2534-6695