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Title: | 'Contemptus mundi' and 'carpe diem' motifs in Kezilahabi's works |
Author: | Wamitila, Kyallo Wadi |
Year: | 1997 |
Periodical: | Kiswahili (ISSN 0856-048X) |
Volume: | 60 |
Pages: | 15-24 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Tanzania world |
Subjects: | literature Swahili literature |
About person: | Euphrase Kezilahabi |
Abstract: | 'Contempus mundi' is a Latin expression for 'contemptible world', 'carpe diem' for 'seize the day'. These two motifs are explored in the works of the Swahili writer E. Kezilahabi (Tanzania), particularly in his novels 'Rosa Mistika' (1971), 'Kichwamaji' (1971), 'Gamba la Nyoka' (1979), and 'Dunia Uwanja wa Fujo' (1981), and his recent cryptic novellas, 'Nagona' (1990) and 'Mzingile' (1991). The 'contempus mundi' motif is the more overriding. Premised on existentialism, it runs through all Kezilahabi's works, from 'Rosa Mistika' to 'Mzingile'. Bibliogr., ref. (An extensively revised version of this article appears in: Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere, No. 55 (1998), p. 79-91.) |