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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... intellectual an ' existentialist ' , existentialism maintains an extraordinary grip on white South African dissident writers . A generation of such writers from the Sestigers to Fugard , Peck argues , are influenced by existentialist ...
... intellectual an ' existentialist ' , existentialism maintains an extraordinary grip on white South African dissident writers . A generation of such writers from the Sestigers to Fugard , Peck argues , are influenced by existentialist ...
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... intellectual fetters of a colonial past and uses traditional resources in creative new ways ' . From Okonkwo of Things Fall Apart to Ezeulu of Arrow of God , Achebe describes his heroes as standing ' for a way of life , a people , a ...
... intellectual fetters of a colonial past and uses traditional resources in creative new ways ' . From Okonkwo of Things Fall Apart to Ezeulu of Arrow of God , Achebe describes his heroes as standing ' for a way of life , a people , a ...
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... Intellectuals ' ( YES 27. 201-218 ) , Patrick Williams describes Ngugi as ' the paradigmatic postcolonial intellectual ; politically committed , oppositional , outspoken , activist , exiled ' . Williams's esseay is a sustained analysis ...
... Intellectuals ' ( YES 27. 201-218 ) , Patrick Williams describes Ngugi as ' the paradigmatic postcolonial intellectual ; politically committed , oppositional , outspoken , activist , exiled ' . Williams's esseay is a sustained analysis ...
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