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Time as Myth, Time as History in Afrophone Novels on Ujamaa (Tanzanian Socialism) and the Second Chimurenga/Umvukela (Zimbabwean Liberation War) (2016)
Journal Article
Rettová, A. (2016). Time as Myth, Time as History in Afrophone Novels on Ujamaa (Tanzanian Socialism) and the Second Chimurenga/Umvukela (Zimbabwean Liberation War). Comparative Literature, 68(4), 389-407. https://doi.org/10.1215/00104124-3698477

A central discussion in African Philosophy concerns the “African concept of time,” famously theorized by John S. Mbiti. Mbiti makes a distinction between a circular and a linear concept of time, associating the former with Africa and the latter with... Read More about Time as Myth, Time as History in Afrophone Novels on Ujamaa (Tanzanian Socialism) and the Second Chimurenga/Umvukela (Zimbabwean Liberation War).

Novel in African Languages (2016)
Book Chapter
Rettová, A. (2016). Novel in African Languages. In S. Gikandi (Ed.), Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 11 - The Novel in Africa and the Caribbean since 1950 (71-86). Oxford University Press

¿Empoderamiento y sumisión a Dios? La acción pía en las nuevas musulmanas del siglo XXI (2016)
Journal Article
Goikolea-Amiano, I. (2016). ¿Empoderamiento y sumisión a Dios? La acción pía en las nuevas musulmanas del siglo XXI. Feminismo/s (San Vicente del Raspeig), 191-211. https://doi.org/10.14198/fem.2016.28.08

La ‘agencia’ o la capacidad de decisión y acción ha constituido un tema central en el seno de los estudios y el activismo feminista. Tomando como punto de partida la propuesta de Saba Mahmood este artículo tiene como objetivo, por un lado, mostrar la... Read More about ¿Empoderamiento y sumisión a Dios? La acción pía en las nuevas musulmanas del siglo XXI.

戰後初期 (1945-68年)臺灣小學地理知識傳授中的家國想像 (2016)
Book Chapter
Chang, B.-Y. (2016). 戰後初期 (1945-68年)臺灣小學地理知識傳授中的家國想像. In C.-L. Mei, & P.-Y. Lin (Eds.), 交界與游移:跨文史的文化傳譯與知識生產 [Cross-border and Migration: Cultural Translation and Knowledge Production] (335-366). Rye Field 麥田

戰後初期 (1945-68年)臺灣小學地理知識傳授中的家國想像 (2016)
Book Chapter
Chang, B.-Y. (2016). 戰後初期 (1945-68年)臺灣小學地理知識傳授中的家國想像. In C.-L. Mei, & P.-Y. Lin (Eds.), 交界與游移:跨文史的文化傳譯與知識生產 [Cross-border and Migration: Cultural Translation and Knowledge Production] (335-366). Rye Field 麥田

Writing in the Swing? Neo-Realism in Post-Experimental Swahili fiction (2016)
Journal Article
Rettová, A. (2016). Writing in the Swing? Neo-Realism in Post-Experimental Swahili fiction. Research in African literatures, 47(3), 15-31. https://doi.org/10.2979/reseafrilite.47.3.02

This article traces the history of the Swahili novel in its development from realism to experimental prose, and following the experimental phase back to realism in the recent works of some of the former literary experimentators. This trend is called... Read More about Writing in the Swing? Neo-Realism in Post-Experimental Swahili fiction.

Comparative Literature and the Position of the Critic (2016)
Book Chapter
Rettová, A. (2016). Comparative Literature and the Position of the Critic. In L. Loveday, & E. Parpală (Eds.), Ways of Being in Cultural and Literary Spaces (206-217). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Traditions and Transitions in Eighteenth-Century Qu Poetry: The Case of Jiang Shiquan (1725-1785) (2016)
Book Chapter
Tan, T. Y. (2016). Traditions and Transitions in Eighteenth-Century Qu Poetry: The Case of Jiang Shiquan (1725-1785). In T. Lippiello, Y. Chen, & M. Barenghi (Eds.), Linking Ancient and Contemporary: Continuities and Discontinuities in Chinese Literature (229-245). Edizioni Ca'Foscari. https://doi.org/10.14277/6969-095-2/SV-3-15

The 18th century marks a significant transitional period in the development of classical Chinese theater. It witnessed the decline of the yabu or ‘elegant drama’ (referring to Kun-style theater) and the rise of the huabu or ‘miscellaneous drama’ (als... Read More about Traditions and Transitions in Eighteenth-Century Qu Poetry: The Case of Jiang Shiquan (1725-1785).

Landmarks: Reading Coetzee's Maternal Lines (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Easton, K. (2016, September). Landmarks: Reading Coetzee's Maternal Lines. Paper presented at Reading Coetzee's Women, Monash University, Prato Campus