Elika Ortega‐Guzmán
Biographic Data
| ID | 7501960 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elika Ortega‐Guzmán |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elika |
| FAMILY NAME | Ortega‐Guzmán |
| SIGNATURE | GUZMÁN E O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Orality and the power of silence in Yvonne Vera's under the tongue
The study of orality in written texts is explored in African Literature by both writers and critics. But despite the attempts of critics to describe as broadly as possible the different manifestations of orality in written texts, writers have constantly shifted to new forms of bringing together oral and written elements. One such writer is Yvonne Vera. In this paper, I have explored the way in which Vera, in her novel Under the Tongue, takes the …
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Orality and the power of silence in Yvonne Vera's under the tongue
The study of orality in written texts is explored in African Literature by both writers and critics. But despite the attempts of critics to describe as broadly as possible the different manifestations of orality in written texts, writers have constantly shifted to new forms of bringing together oral and written elements. One such writer is Yvonne Vera. In this paper, I have explored the way in which Vera, in her novel Under the Tongue, takes the …
Aesthetics (1 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · Alienation (1 works) · Art (1 works) · History (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Linguistics (1 works) · Literature (1 works) · Narrative (1 works) · Oral tradition (1 works)