Prof. Dr. Charles A. Bodunde

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeneral and Comparative Literature; Cultural Studies,African Studies
KeywordsAesthetic Transfer, Diaspora Myths, Funeral Dirge, Praise Tradition

Current contact address

CountryNigeria
CityIlorin
InstitutionUniversity of Ilorin
InstituteDepartment of English

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Eckhard BreitingerInstitut für Afrika-Studien (IAS), Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/1998

Programme(s)

1997Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2006Charles A. Bodunde: A Dirge for the Artist: Oral Transfer, Literary Canonisation and Socio-political Vision in Akeem Lasisi's Iremoje Performance Poetry. In: Science and Humanities Journal (University of Ilorin, Nigeria), 2006, 40-57
2003Charles A. Bodunde: Niyi Osundare's Village Voices and the Oral Art: A Study in Aesthetic Transfer and Linkages. In: Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah, The People's Poet: Emerging Perspectives on Niyi Osundare. African World Press, 2003. 273-285
2002Charles A. Bodunde: Tanure Ojaide's Poetry and the Delta Landscape: A Study of Delta Blues and Home Songs. In: Onookome Emmanuel Okome, Writing the Homeland: The Poetry and Politics of Tanure Ojaide. African Studies 60, 2002. 195-208
2001Charles A. Bodunde: Aesthetic, Media and Political Currents in Yoruba Literature. In: Charles A. Bodunde, African Languages Literature and the Political Context of the 1990s. Bayreuth African Studies, 2001. 9-21
2001Charles A. Bodunde: African Language Literatures in the Political Context of the 1990s. Bayreuth University, 2001
2001Charles A. Bodunde: Beyond Biography: Characters and Journeys in Soyinka's Isara. In: Commonwealth Essays and Studies, 2001, 39-46
2001Charles A. Bodunde: Oral Traditions and Aesthitic Transfer: Creativity and Social Vision in Contemporary Black Poetry. Bayreuth African Studies, 2001
2001Charles A. Bodunde: Social Forces and Mytho-aesthetic Phenomenon in Wole Soyinka's The Interpreters and Season of Anomy. In: Commonwealth Novel in English, 2001, 171-179