Black African Literature in English, 1991-2001: Critical Appreciation and ReceptionThe English Association, based at the University of Leicester in the UK, aims to further knowledge and enjoyment of the English language and literature, and to foster good practice in its teaching and learning at all levels. They produce an annual review, The Year's Work in English, published by Oxford University Press, a narrative bibliographical review of scholarly work on the English language and literatures, including on new literatures in English. This book brings together eleven contributions contemporary black African literature in English, 1991-2001. Some 120 books and over 300 scholarly and bibliographical essays from journals and periodicals are reviewed. |
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... African literary theoretical terrain in the 1980s reveals a contemporary situation characterised by post - independence disillusionment . - The penultimate decade of the twentieth ... African XX 1994 Critical Theory and African Literature 43.
... African literary theoretical terrain in the 1980s reveals a contemporary situation characterised by post - independence disillusionment . - The penultimate decade of the twentieth ... African XX 1994 Critical Theory and African Literature 43.
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... African Literature In 1992 , Special issues of Journals included ALT 18 on ' Orature in African Literature Today ' ; Commonwealth 14.ii on ' Southern African Literature ' ; Matatu 9 on ' Sokomoko or Popular Culture in East Africa ...
... African Literature In 1992 , Special issues of Journals included ALT 18 on ' Orature in African Literature Today ' ; Commonwealth 14.ii on ' Southern African Literature ' ; Matatu 9 on ' Sokomoko or Popular Culture in East Africa ...
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... African Women and Feminist Theory ' ( in Breitinger , pp.152-166 ) describes a significant aspect of contemporary African literary studies , which has grown considerably since the mid - sixties : ' the interest was spunned by the ...
... African Women and Feminist Theory ' ( in Breitinger , pp.152-166 ) describes a significant aspect of contemporary African literary studies , which has grown considerably since the mid - sixties : ' the interest was spunned by the ...
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