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“A Writer Should Have the Freedom to Be Honest”: A Conversation with Leila Aboulela “作家应该有诚实的自由”:与Leila Aboulela的对话

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2022.2124443

Sanjida Parveen

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Magical Realism: The Spoken Word as a Superperson in Niyi Osundare’s The Word Is an Egg 魔幻现实主义：尼依·奥孙达雷《文字是蛋》中的超人口语

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2022.2148177

Chukwunwike Anolue

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David Levey: Friend, Colleague, Supervisor David Levey：朋友、同事、主管

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2022.2151224

J. Pridmore

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Gender Performativity in Zandile Nkunzi Nkabinde's Black Bull, Ancestors and Me: My Life as a Lesbian Sangoma: A Way to Rewrite and Re-member Black Lesbian Lives in South Africa 赞迪尔·恩昆兹·恩卡宾德的《黑牛、祖先和我:我作为女同性恋Sangoma的生活:一种重写和回忆南非黑人女同性恋生活的方式》中的性别表演

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2022.2039756

Nadine Lake

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Dissecting the Doubtful Darwin: Kurt Vonnegut’s Humanist Posthumanism in Galápagos 解剖可疑的达尔文:库尔特·冯内古特的人文主义后人文主义Galápagos

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2022.2050800

Ankit Raj, Nagendra Kumar

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HIV/AIDS in Nigerian Fiction: Felix Ogoanah's The Return of Ameze and Ifeoma Theodore Jnr, E.'s Trapped in Oblivion 尼日利亚小说中的艾滋病：费利克斯·奥戈阿纳的《阿梅兹的归来》和伊菲欧玛·西奥多的《被遗忘》

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2021.1920184

Femi Eromosele

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The Hunter and the Dreamer: Roy Campbell’s Literary Personality in Anthony Akerman’s Dark Outsider 猎人与梦想家：安东尼·阿克曼《黑暗的局外人》中的坎贝尔文学人格

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2021.2001688

A. Birch

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Andy Duncan’s “Senator Bilbo”: Reflections on J. R. R. Tolkien and Matters of Race 邓肯的“比尔博参议员”：对托尔金和种族问题的思考

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2022.2044374

J. Pridmore

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Ben Okri’s Generational Protest Poem, “The Incandescence of the Wind” 本·奥克里的世代抗议诗《风的炽热》

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2021.1933152

R. Gray

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“People Who Do Not Understand Irony Cannot Understand Fiction”: An Interview with Tabish Khair “不懂反讽的人就看不懂小说”:对塔比什·海尔的采访

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2021.1998209

Muddasir Ramzan

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