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Depicting the Black African Refugee in The Jungle by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson 乔·墨菲和乔·罗伯逊描绘了丛林中的非洲黑人难民

ENGLISH IN AFRICA Pub Date : 2022-06-21 DOI: 10.4314/eia.v49i1.1

Aghogho Akpome

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The dark surrealism of Phyllis Haring’s poetry 菲利斯·哈林诗歌中的黑暗超现实主义

ENGLISH IN AFRICA Pub Date : 2022-03-17 DOI: 10.4314/eia.v48i3.4

D. Wylie

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“Nor was there any role for you”: Unsettling canonical frames in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s By The Sea (2001) and Gravel Heart (2017) “你也没有任何角色”:阿卜杜勒拉扎克·古尔纳的《海边》(2001)和《碎石心》(2017)中令人不安的规范框架

ENGLISH IN AFRICA Pub Date : 2022-03-17 DOI: 10.4314/eia.v48i3.2

S. Bosman

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Between Rocks and Hard Places: the Controversial Career of A.S. Mopeli-Paulus 在岩石和坚硬的地方之间:A.S.莫佩利-保卢斯有争议的职业生涯

ENGLISH IN AFRICA Pub Date : 2022-03-17 DOI: 10.4314/eia.v48i3.3

C. Dunton, Lerato Masiea

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Tribute: André Rex Wepener de Villiers, 1936–2021

ENGLISH IN AFRICA Pub Date : 2022-03-17 DOI: 10.4314/eia.v48i3.5

Gareth Cornwell

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Growing up with The Children’s Encyclopedia 伴随《儿童百科全书》长大

ENGLISH IN AFRICA Pub Date : 2022-03-16 DOI: 10.4314/eia.v48i3.1

J. Coetzee

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Sharing Life on Earth: Material and Immaterial Needs in The Whale Caller 分享地球上的生命：《呼唤鲸鱼》中的物质和非物质需求

ENGLISH IN AFRICA Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.4314/eia.v48i2.3

G. Iannaccaro

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The ‘Staffrider’ figure and the Reading of South African Poetry “职员”形象与南非诗歌阅读

ENGLISH IN AFRICA Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.4314/eia.v48i2.2

M. Espin

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Willem Anker’s Red Dog, Cormac McCarthy, and the Enigma of Coenraad de Buys 威廉·安克的《红狗》、科马克·麦卡锡和科恩拉德·德·拜斯的谜机

ENGLISH IN AFRICA Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.4314/eia.v48i2.1

Gareth Cornwell

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Review: Dreaming of Freedom in South Africa: Literature between Critique and Utopia. 书评:南非的自由之梦:批判与乌托邦之间的文学。

ENGLISH IN AFRICA Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.4314/eia.v48i2.5

C. Sandwith

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