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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... position of relative independence should be reserved for the critic , if she or he is going to function creatively and autonomously . This position of independence , according to Obafemi , has been reaffirmed by Wole Soyinka in a ...
... position of relative independence should be reserved for the critic , if she or he is going to function creatively and autonomously . This position of independence , according to Obafemi , has been reaffirmed by Wole Soyinka in a ...
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... position bordering on cosmopolitanism to a decolonizing nationalist position , Cooper suggests , could commence with analysis of an early play , The Road , and could then move on to the highly publicized debate between Soyinka and the ...
... position bordering on cosmopolitanism to a decolonizing nationalist position , Cooper suggests , could commence with analysis of an early play , The Road , and could then move on to the highly publicized debate between Soyinka and the ...
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... position ' that is at the heart of a whole range of critical activities that turn the application of theories into a police de l'esprit . ' being a " Western discourse " postmodernism cannot adequately account for an African text ...
... position ' that is at the heart of a whole range of critical activities that turn the application of theories into a police de l'esprit . ' being a " Western discourse " postmodernism cannot adequately account for an African text ...
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