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 139
... narrative structures of the fictions illustrate in diverse ways the ambivalence of the central structure or myth of Commonwealth fiction , the pairing of contra- dictory myths of death and birth , of fall and creation . The most ...
... narrative structures of the fictions illustrate in diverse ways the ambivalence of the central structure or myth of Commonwealth fiction , the pairing of contra- dictory myths of death and birth , of fall and creation . The most ...
Page 142
... narrative . The depth at which he is working , however , enables us to see how that harmony was to be achieved both in fictional and mythic terms in later Commonwealth writers . Herbert's central symbol is not a diamond but Capricornia ...
... narrative . The depth at which he is working , however , enables us to see how that harmony was to be achieved both in fictional and mythic terms in later Commonwealth writers . Herbert's central symbol is not a diamond but Capricornia ...
Page 144
... narrative equivalent of the emblem of the diamond . There are many of these inset narratives in Capricornia , generally in the interwoven or serial stories of characters like Tim O'Cannon , who is crucial to the discovery of Tocky ( and ...
... narrative equivalent of the emblem of the diamond . There are many of these inset narratives in Capricornia , generally in the interwoven or serial stories of characters like Tim O'Cannon , who is crucial to the discovery of Tocky ( and ...
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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