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Protected: Final Paper

Posted on April 29, 2016 by victoriachandler

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Protected: Final Paper

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Lily Howard-Hill

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Protected: He Carried The Bible: Christianity As Disease in Petals of Blood

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Lily Howard-Hill

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Metaphor and Christianity in Petals of Blood

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Lily Howard-Hill

From close reading larger literary texts, it is possible to juxtapose metaphor and allegory with textual evidence, using that evidence as a springboard to further investigate possible meanings and interpretations. Religion has been used as a key theme in many … Continue reading →

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Annotated Bibliography

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Lily Howard-Hill

Annotated Bibliography: Religion and culture in the African literary narrative Many African novels that have emerged from the colonial and post-colonial canon have featured religion as both part of the plot, and as a device for theoretical critique. The work … Continue reading →

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Annotated Bibliography

Posted on April 1, 2016 by victoriachandler

My paper will explore how form represents trauma in Ngugi wa Thiongo’s Petals of Blood. I am interested in looking into the ways in which the formal elements of the novel work to process the trauma of the colonial past, … Continue reading →

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Ndebele’s Symbolism

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Lily Howard-Hill

Ndebele writes that “the visible symbols of the overwhelmingly oppressive South African social formation appear to have prompted over the years the development of a highly dramatic, highly demonstrative form of literary representation.” (143) He goes on to discuss the … Continue reading →

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Final Paper Ideas: Metaphor/Allegory in the African Novel

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Lily Howard-Hill

I’m currently torn between two potential areas of focus for my final conference paper, although there is the potential to combine them in some way. The first would look at the use of metaphor and allegory in both the African … Continue reading →

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Preliminary Paper Reflections

Posted on February 12, 2016 by victoriachandler

In my previous academic work, I have been interested in the ways that American modernism responded to social losses related to events such as the disillusionment with religion and the explosion of capitalism. I am currently working on an article … Continue reading →

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Common Sense in Mbembe and Petals of Blood

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Jonathan Dunn

Reading Achille Mbembe’s “Provisional Notes on the Postcolony”, I was especially intrigued by a few offhand mentions near the beginning to the idea of “common sense,” especially as it relates for Mbembe to laws, customs, and other tools used by … Continue reading →

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