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Magical Realism Revisited: The Intimate Relationship between Reality and Fantasy in African Literature in English 重访魔幻现实主义:英语非洲文学中现实与幻想的亲密关系

Latin American Report Pub Date : 2018-04-10 DOI: 10.25159/0256-6060/1062

Tukumbeje Mposa

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Samba Power:Brazil's Modern Foreign Policy Directives towards the African Continent 桑巴力量:巴西对非洲大陆的现代外交政策指示

Latin American Report Pub Date : 2018-04-10 DOI: 10.25159/0256-6060/1877

A. D. Guzman

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The construction of the discourse of violence in liberation war films : the case of Catch a Fire (2006) 解放战争电影中暴力话语的建构:以《着火》(2006)为例

Latin American Report Pub Date : 2017-02-17 DOI: 10.25159/0256-6060/2176

Kelvin Chikonzo, Barbara C. Manyarara

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VOICES FROM THE WILDERNESS: ZIMBABWEAN DIASPORA LITERATURE AN EMERGING CATEGORY 来自荒野的声音:津巴布韦散居文学一个新兴的类别

Latin American Report Pub Date : 2017-02-17 DOI: 10.25159/0256-6060/2171

Ivan Bachisi, Barbara C. Manyarara

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THE DIALOGUE OF THE DEAF: EXPLORING TEXTUAL SILENCE IN STEPHEN CHIFUNYISE'S PLAY, INTIMATE AFFAIRS 聋哑人的对话:探讨斯蒂芬·奇弗尼斯戏剧《亲密关系》中的文本沉默

Latin American Report Pub Date : 2017-02-17 DOI: 10.25159/0256-6060/2172

Ephraim Vhutuza

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Time as a metaphysical dilemma : Jose Luis Borges' treatment of the nature of time in his selected works 时间作为一个形而上学的困境:博尔赫斯在他的作品中对时间本质的处理

Latin American Report Pub Date : 2017-02-17 DOI: 10.25159/0256-6060/2170

Tukumbeje Mposa

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An analysis of the portrayal of women in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Strange pilgrims 加夫列尔·加西亚·马尔克斯《奇怪的朝圣者》中女性形象的分析

Latin American Report Pub Date : 2017-02-17 DOI: 10.25159/0256-6060/2173

Josephine Muganiwa

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PARADIGM SHIFTS IN THE PERCEPTIONS OF DEATH IN SHONA LITERARY CREATIONS 文学创作中死亡观念的范式转变

Latin American Report Pub Date : 2017-02-17 DOI: 10.25159/0256-6060/2174

T. Charamba

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EMPIRE, GLOBAL COLONIALITY AND AFRICAN SUBJECTIVITY 帝国，全球殖民和非洲主体性

Latin American Report Pub Date : 2016-10-13 DOI: 10.25159/0256-6060/623

Artwell Nhemachena

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MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY OF THE SOUTH: THE G77 + CHINA IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS 南方多边外交:气候变化谈判中的77国集团+中国

Latin American Report Pub Date : 2016-10-13 DOI: 10.25159/0256-6060/429

Lesley Masters

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