Zikora: A Short Story

IF 0.4 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/10131752.2021.1926106

K. Osigwe

引用次数: 4

Abstract

The theme of motherhood and childbearing is not new in African women’s literature. In fact, it is one of the recurrent subjects in most first-generation and second-generation African women’s writing, including Flora Nwapa’s Efuru (1966) and One Is Enough (1981), Mariama Bâ’s So Long a Letter (1981), Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen (1974) and The Joys of Motherhood (1979), to mention a few. These women writers focus so much on marriage, motherhood, and family matters that some critics have described their works as “domestic literature” or simply “motherhood literature” (Nnaemeka 1994; Ogundipe-Leslie 1987).

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齐科拉:一个短篇故事

母性与生育的主题在非洲女性文学中并不新鲜。事实上，它是大多数第一代和第二代非洲女性写作中反复出现的主题之一，包括弗洛拉·恩瓦帕的《埃弗鲁》(1966)和《一个就够了》(1981)，马里亚玛·布的《这么长的一封信》(1981)，布吉·埃米切塔的《二等公民》(1974)和《母性的乐趣》(1979)，等等。这些女作家非常关注婚姻、母性和家庭问题，以至于一些评论家将她们的作品描述为“家庭文学”或简单地称为“母性文学”(Nnaemeka 1994;Ogundipe-Leslie 1987)。

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期刊介绍： The English Academy Review: A Journal of English Studies (EAR) is the journal of the English Academy of Southern Africa. In line with the Academy’s vision of promoting effective English as a vital resource and of respecting Africa’s diverse linguistic ecology, it welcomes submissions on language as well as educational, philosophical and literary topics from Southern Africa and across the globe. In addition to refereed academic articles, it publishes creative writing and book reviews of significant new publications as well as lectures and proceedings. EAR is an accredited journal that is published biannually by Unisa Press (South Africa) and Taylor & Francis. Its editorial policy is governed by the Council of the English Academy of Southern Africa who also appoint the Editor-in-Chief for a three-year term of office. Guest editors are appointed from time to time on an ad hoc basis.