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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... in the last five hundred years is the story of slavery , colonialism and neocolonialism , African writings develop historical undertones so long as they can be said to have developed analogously to these catalytic events . Others such 2.
... in the last five hundred years is the story of slavery , colonialism and neocolonialism , African writings develop historical undertones so long as they can be said to have developed analogously to these catalytic events . Others such 2.
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... slave whose proper name has been lost under the super - imposed European name , and whose story will not be heard because ' stories , of course , are not histories , and her stories are not taken seriously because she is black , a woman ...
... slave whose proper name has been lost under the super - imposed European name , and whose story will not be heard because ' stories , of course , are not histories , and her stories are not taken seriously because she is black , a woman ...
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... slaves in America , he does not think in terms of the historical novel , a well established genre in Literatures in English : ' He thought , rather , of the fictional form adopted by Garcia Marquez , where history is transfigured by ...
... slaves in America , he does not think in terms of the historical novel , a well established genre in Literatures in English : ' He thought , rather , of the fictional form adopted by Garcia Marquez , where history is transfigured by ...
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