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Sacred Spaces and Contested Identities in Ronnie Govender’s “Beyond Calvary” 罗尼·戈文德《髑髅地之外》中的神圣空间与争议身份

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2023.2178162

R. Chetty

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The Myths of My Memory: A Collection of Poems 我记忆中的神话:诗集

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2023.2179731

A. Adelokun

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Politics of Memorialisation in a Rwandan Witness Memoir: Marie Béatrice Umutesi’s Surviving the Slaughter 《卢旺达目击者回忆录中的纪念政治:玛丽·巴姆阿特里斯·乌穆特西在大屠杀中幸存》

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2022.2157999

N. Tembo

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Writing Selves in Disguise: On Reading and Writing Acknowledgements 写伪装的自我:关于阅读和写作致谢

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2022.2136853

K. Narayana Chandran

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Using Critical Animal Studies to Read Climate Change Fiction: Literary Reflections and Provocations 用批判性动物研究来阅读气候变化小说:文学反思和挑衅

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2023.2173860

J. Murray

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A Sad Place 悲伤的地方

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2023.2172839

Desirée John-Ukofia

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Poems on the Theatre 戏剧诗

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2023.2172837

B. Pearce

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English Studies, Before, In, and Beyond the Time of Covid-19: Elephant, Chameleon, and Lizard 新冠肺炎之前、之中和之后的英语学习:大象、变色龙和蜥蜴

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2022.2158561

M. Chapman

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Sacred Spaces in Southern African Literature: From Mhudi to Mutemwa 南部非洲文学中的神圣空间:从穆胡迪到穆特姆瓦

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2023.2172020

Rosanna Masiola

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Childhood in Contemporary Diasporic African Literature: Memories and Futures Past, by Christopher E. W. Ouma 当代散居非洲文学中的童年:回忆与未来的过去，克里斯托弗·e·w·奥马著

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2023.2174639

Oduor Obura

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