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An aspect of the South African experience in literature and reading / Suleiman Jaji.

Title
An aspect of the South African experience in literature and reading / Suleiman Jaji.
Author
Jaji, Suleiman
Publication
Ibadan [Nigeria] : HEBN Publishers, 2008.

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xix, 129 p.; 21 cm.
Summary
The author examines the works of Bessie Head and Alex La Guma, taking a comparative approach, critically analysing their fiction in the context of South African literature under apartheid.
Subject
  • African fiction (English) > History and criticism
  • Apartheid in literature
  • Head, Bessie, 1937-1986 > Criticism and interpretation
  • La Guma, Alex > Criticism and interpretation
  • South Africa > In literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-121) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Philosophical and methodological consideration for literary evaluation -- Bessie Head: the form and ideology of A Question Of Power -- The form and ideology of Maru --- Alex La Guma: Apartheid and confrontation in fictional novels.
ISBN
  • 9789780812034 (pbk.)
  • 9780812032 (pbk.)
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Harvard Library