Canine agents in two South African short stories.
This article explores the role of the figure of the dog in two contemporary South African short stories. It considers the metaphorical-cum-allegorical significance of the textual animal in these texts, asking how the writers use dogs as imaginative devices to draw attention to issues of gender, huma...
| Publicado en: | Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Vol. 55; no. 3; pp. 134 - 152 |
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