“Reading Together” Two Historical Novels in Afan Oromo and Amharic: Linguistic Diversity in the Ethiopian Literary Field

Ethiopian monolingual language policies have had a negative impact on literary practices and studies; however, it is an area highly neglected in Ethiopian literary studies. The present article contributes to this gap through a multilingual comparative approach that adopts a method of “reading togeth...

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Vydáno v:Research in African literatures Ročník 55; číslo 2; s. 150 - 169
Hlavní autor: Roba, Ayele Kebede
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Bloomington Indiana University Press 22.06.2025
Témata:
14th century
20th century
Amharic
Analysis
Comparative analysis
Comparative studies
Historical fiction
History
Italian language
Language policy
Languages
Literary criticism
Multilingualism
Native languages
Novels
Oromo language
Politics
Postcolonialism
Semitic languages
Spoken language
Study abroad
Writing
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa Ethiopia
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Abstract Ethiopian monolingual language policies have had a negative impact on literary practices and studies; however, it is an area highly neglected in Ethiopian literary studies. The present article contributes to this gap through a multilingual comparative approach that adopts a method of “reading together” of the novels in two widely spoken languages: Amharic and Afan Oromo. Reading together two historical novels, Yeburqa Zimita [ Burqa’s Silence ] and Yoomi Laataa? [ When Shall It Be? ], from the perspective of the novels’ engagement with multilingualism enables an often-neglected comparative study between the literatures in different Ethiopian languages. The article examines how and why the novels are open to multilingualism and how their positionality in different literary traditions conditions their representation of multilingualism. It also demonstrates how a reading method that takes multilingualism in the novel as an analytical category overcomes disjunctive and conflicted Ethiopian literary practices and studies.
AbstractList Ethiopian monolingual language policies have had a negative impact on literary practices and studies; however, it is an area highly neglected in Ethiopian literary studies. The present article contributes to this gap through a multilingual comparative approach that adopts a method of “reading together” of the novels in two widely spoken languages: Amharic and Afan Oromo. Reading together two historical novels, Yeburqa Zimita [ Burqa’s Silence ] and Yoomi Laataa? [ When Shall It Be? ], from the perspective of the novels’ engagement with multilingualism enables an often-neglected comparative study between the literatures in different Ethiopian languages. The article examines how and why the novels are open to multilingualism and how their positionality in different literary traditions conditions their representation of multilingualism. It also demonstrates how a reading method that takes multilingualism in the novel as an analytical category overcomes disjunctive and conflicted Ethiopian literary practices and studies.
Ethiopian monolingual language policies have had a negative impact on literary practices and studies; however, it is an area highly neglected in Ethiopian literary studies. The present article contributes to this gap through a multilingual comparative approach that adopts a method of "reading together" of the novels in two widely spoken languages: Amharic and Afan Oromo. Reading together two historical novels, Yeburqa Zimita [Burga's Silence] and Yoomi Laataa? [When Shall It Be?], from the perspective of the novels' engagement with multilingualism enables an often-neglected comparative study between the literatures in different Ethiopian languages. The article examines how and why the novels are open to multilingualism and how their positionality in different literary traditions conditions their representation of multilingualism. It also demonstrates how a reading method that takes multilingualism in the novel as an analytical category overcomes disjunctive and conflicted Ethiopian literary practices and studies.
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Italian language
Language policy
Languages
Literary criticism
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Novels
Oromo language
Politics
Postcolonialism
Semitic languages
Spoken language
Study abroad
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