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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... attempt to locate theatre among the people { which } would raise new questions and answers about the content , form , and language of African theatre . But in November 1976 I did not realize that the attempt to locate culture where it ...
... attempt to locate theatre among the people { which } would raise new questions and answers about the content , form , and language of African theatre . But in November 1976 I did not realize that the attempt to locate culture where it ...
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... attempt to demonstrate the social density , literary richness and subtlety of political analysis implicit in these works , another raison d'etre of Gagiano's study is ' the attempt to investigate whether the novelist's depictions of ...
... attempt to demonstrate the social density , literary richness and subtlety of political analysis implicit in these works , another raison d'etre of Gagiano's study is ' the attempt to investigate whether the novelist's depictions of ...
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... attempt to fictionalize the contradictory history of his native Sierra Leone , which covers two hundred years of history replete with the mingling of the story of native Africans with the history of the slaves in America , he does not ...
... attempt to fictionalize the contradictory history of his native Sierra Leone , which covers two hundred years of history replete with the mingling of the story of native Africans with the history of the slaves in America , he does not ...
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