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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... theory in Africa in an open - ended pluralist state , in ways that echo Adebayo Williams's call for abiding paradigms or rigorous theoretical frameworks , as ways of undermining the often facile slip into a search for ' origin ' , in ...
... theory in Africa in an open - ended pluralist state , in ways that echo Adebayo Williams's call for abiding paradigms or rigorous theoretical frameworks , as ways of undermining the often facile slip into a search for ' origin ' , in ...
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... theory with the postcolonial in ' In / Articulation : Polysystem Theory Postcolonial Discourse Theory , and South Africa's Literary Historiography ' ( CW 5.ii.25-43 ) , Louise Shabat Bethlehem argues that while a variant of the ...
... theory with the postcolonial in ' In / Articulation : Polysystem Theory Postcolonial Discourse Theory , and South Africa's Literary Historiography ' ( CW 5.ii.25-43 ) , Louise Shabat Bethlehem argues that while a variant of the ...
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... theory in America now , literary theory can never be apolitical ' . Jeyifo uses the concept of cultural tradition as a presence a premise from which we can perceive Afro - American literary and cultural tradition , for example , as ' a ...
... theory in America now , literary theory can never be apolitical ' . Jeyifo uses the concept of cultural tradition as a presence a premise from which we can perceive Afro - American literary and cultural tradition , for example , as ' a ...
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