Commonwealth Literature and the Modern WorldHena Maes-Jelinek Published under the sponsorship of the Revue des Langues Vivantes, 1975 - Commonwealth literature (English) - 181 pages |
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Page 75
... Bobby and Linda as they move southwards is a kind of folk tale allegory . The journey away from the capital takes Bobby and Linda to the various types of Africa - through rainforests , mountains , dusty plains and open savannah land ...
... Bobby and Linda as they move southwards is a kind of folk tale allegory . The journey away from the capital takes Bobby and Linda to the various types of Africa - through rainforests , mountains , dusty plains and open savannah land ...
Page 76
... Bobby and Linda are described at one point as " like actors in a play , neither really listening to the other ... fussing tremendously with the ivory - coloured suitcase , as with a stage property ” ( p . 112 ) . Bobby is unacceptable ...
... Bobby and Linda are described at one point as " like actors in a play , neither really listening to the other ... fussing tremendously with the ivory - coloured suitcase , as with a stage property ” ( p . 112 ) . Bobby is unacceptable ...
Page 77
... Bobby but of Linda . She is predatory , a colonial wife for whom one night of adultery is a kind of thrilling violation of the social code , but not too serious a violation . Martin , her husband , probably won't find out and if he does ...
... Bobby but of Linda . She is predatory , a colonial wife for whom one night of adultery is a kind of thrilling violation of the social code , but not too serious a violation . Martin , her husband , probably won't find out and if he does ...
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African literature Afrikaans Albert Gomes Alfred Mendes Anna Rutherford Antipodean becomes Belgium Bobby and Linda British C. L. R. James Capricornia Caribbean century characters civilization colonial Commonwealth literature creative criticism cultural darkness death Edgar Wright Eliot English essay experience feel fiction Frank Collymore George Lamming Guyana H. I. E. Dhlomo Harris's heart human Ibadan Ibid imagination individual Janet Frame's journey Kyk-over-al language literary living London lover Lowry magazine Malcolm Lowry meaning Melville and Harris Melville's modern myth Naipaul narrative nature Nigerian novel novelists past Peacock Poem poet poetry political published Quartets Queely Radio reader Richard Devine Santosh says sense short story social society South African Susan symbol talk themes Tilted Cross tradition Trinidad University of Liège vision Waiting Room Walcott West Indian literature West Indian writers West Indies whole Wilson Harris Wole Soyinka Xhosa Zulu