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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... Performance Poetry in Canada and South Africa focuses on the varied and diverse nuances of English Performance Poetry - especially how the genre reiterates the practical and theoretical aspects of orality and the written text : The ...
... Performance Poetry in Canada and South Africa focuses on the varied and diverse nuances of English Performance Poetry - especially how the genre reiterates the practical and theoretical aspects of orality and the written text : The ...
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... performance poets like Mandingoane who , since their poems are less amenable to discussion within conventional print paradigms , have received little critical attention ' . ' Black Trial ' encapsulates the possibilities of performance ...
... performance poets like Mandingoane who , since their poems are less amenable to discussion within conventional print paradigms , have received little critical attention ' . ' Black Trial ' encapsulates the possibilities of performance ...
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... Performance ' , which examines five performances - ' all of them produced in 1992 or 1993 , and ... chosen for an in depth analysis in the study's second part ' . Based in the two major cities of Zimbabwe Harare and Bulawayo the theatre ...
... Performance ' , which examines five performances - ' all of them produced in 1992 or 1993 , and ... chosen for an in depth analysis in the study's second part ' . Based in the two major cities of Zimbabwe Harare and Bulawayo the theatre ...
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