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Here and There

Year: 2025

Type: dissertation

Abstract: HERE AND THERE is a collection of short stories bringing both outré burlesque comedy and tragic moments from the human drama under one heading. I believe, as Victor Hugo pointed out in his Preface de Cromwell, that comedy and tragedy are intrinsic elements of human life and therefore ought to be represented together. The first section is mostly comedy, and explores the ironic grotesqueries of life in the West. The concluding section, whose stories are set in Francophone Africa, examines in a more serious tone conflicts arising directly and indirectly from contact with the West.

Source: ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University)

DOI: 10.25777/9jer-bf57

Author: Reed, Warren D. M.

Institution: Old Dominion University

Language: English

Topic: Short Stories in Global Literature

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6889758236

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