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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... Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God were subsequently replaced by the sharp barbs and social commentaries of A Man of the People and Anthills of the Savannah . However , Ojinmah's book does not add much to our critical understanding of ...
... Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God were subsequently replaced by the sharp barbs and social commentaries of A Man of the People and Anthills of the Savannah . However , Ojinmah's book does not add much to our critical understanding of ...
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... Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease ' ( in Gurnah , Essays on African Writing 1 ) echoes the Foucaultian observation that we seem to live in the epoch of space , and examines how the African cultural space , in the handling of ...
... Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease ' ( in Gurnah , Essays on African Writing 1 ) echoes the Foucaultian observation that we seem to live in the epoch of space , and examines how the African cultural space , in the handling of ...
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... Things Fall Apart at the end of the colonial era , he was a reconstructionist dedicated to creating a dignified image of the African past ; today , he is an angry reformer crusading against the immorality and injustices of the African ...
... Things Fall Apart at the end of the colonial era , he was a reconstructionist dedicated to creating a dignified image of the African past ; today , he is an angry reformer crusading against the immorality and injustices of the African ...
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