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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... involving a variety of discourses and genres including western historical and political accounts of invasion and governance among others have ' offered an important creative and political - response to colonization and formed an ...
... involving a variety of discourses and genres including western historical and political accounts of invasion and governance among others have ' offered an important creative and political - response to colonization and formed an ...
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... involves , particularly in relation to the short story - ` a contiguity with the oral tale ... ( which ) yields many examples of oral narratives modes being deployed as tropes within written stories ' . In ' Poetry , History , Nation ...
... involves , particularly in relation to the short story - ` a contiguity with the oral tale ... ( which ) yields many examples of oral narratives modes being deployed as tropes within written stories ' . In ' Poetry , History , Nation ...
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... involves a resiting of the boundaries of critical and theoretical discourse ' . Walder's recommendation approximates what Davis has also described as the need to address the silences of the past vis - à - vis the ubiquitous role of ...
... involves a resiting of the boundaries of critical and theoretical discourse ' . Walder's recommendation approximates what Davis has also described as the need to address the silences of the past vis - à - vis the ubiquitous role of ...
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