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that kind of door, by Alan Finlay 艾伦·芬利的那种门

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2018-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2018.1550249

Kobus Moolman

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Editorial 社论

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2017-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2017.1441100

D. Byrne, Raphael d’Abdon

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“Books Are Not Absolutely Dead Things”: Milton Speaks to Freedom of Information in Botswana from the Grave through Areopagitica “书不是绝对死亡的东西”:弥尔顿从坟墓中通过《论出版自由》谈论博茨瓦纳的信息自由

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2017-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2017.1382565

D. Koketso, K. N. Kgafela-Mokoka

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Pauline Smith’s Formalism in The Beadle 宝琳·史密斯在《珠子》中的形式主义

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2017-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2017.1381759

N. Meihuizen

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"Quivered Out of Decimals": Simulating Somatime in Emily Dickinson's Entropic Text “颤栗出小数”:艾米丽·狄金森的《熵文本》中的模拟

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2017-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2017.1407356

I. Rabinowitz

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“God within Us”: Christianity and Subversion in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's Fiction “我们心中的上帝”：吴小说中的基督教与颠覆

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2017-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2017.1404626

M. Andindilile

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Time is Always NOW: Animist Materialism in Keorapetse Kgositsile's Temporal Order 时间总是现在：凯奥拉佩茨·克戈西齐尔时间秩序中的二元唯物主义

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2017-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2017.1344873

Uhuru Phalafala

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Reclaiming the Status of Human: Gender and Protest in Zoë Wicomb’s Short Stories 重拾人的地位：佐伊·维科姆短篇小说中的性别与抗议

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2017-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2017.1311362

Kharys Ateh Laue

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Reduced to Rubbish: Trauma and Migrant Identities in Cristina Ali Farah's Little Mother 沦为垃圾：克里斯蒂娜·阿里·法拉《小母亲》中的创伤和移民身份

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2017-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2017.1304438

N. Tembo

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Editorial 编辑

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2017-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2017.1385337

D. Byrne, Allyson Kreuiter, Raphael d’Abdon

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