Not a scintilla of light: Darkness and despondency in Yvonne Vera’s Butterfly Burning

The paper makes an attempt at exploring the concept of the absurd as it applies to Yvonne Vera’s Butterfly Burning. The inordinate quest for survival and human dignity is graphically etched on the sordid canvas of angst, grime and abject poverty. The author deftly links this quest with the quest of...

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Main Author: Chioma Opora
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association 2018-02-01
Series:Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
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Online Access:https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/article/view/4439