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Historiographic Metafiction and the Interrogation of Collective Memory in J. M. Coetzee’s Foe and Kamel Daoud’s Meursault, contre-enquête

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Historiographic Metafiction and the Interrogation of Collective Memory in J. M. Coetzee’s Foe and Kamel Daoud’s Meursault, contre-enquête. / Ghorab, A.
In: Research in African Literatures, Vol. 52, No. 2, 01.06.2021, p. 54-67.

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Ghorab, A 2021, 'Historiographic Metafiction and the Interrogation of Collective Memory in J. M. Coetzee’s Foe and Kamel Daoud’s Meursault, contre-enquête', Research in African Literatures, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 54-67. https://doi.org/10.2979/reseafrilite.52.2.03

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Ghorab, A. (2021). Historiographic Metafiction and the Interrogation of Collective Memory in J. M. Coetzee’s Foe and Kamel Daoud’s Meursault, contre-enquête. Research in African Literatures, 52(2), 54-67. https://doi.org/10.2979/reseafrilite.52.2.03

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Ghorab A. Historiographic Metafiction and the Interrogation of Collective Memory in J. M. Coetzee’s Foe and Kamel Daoud’s Meursault, contre-enquête. Research in African Literatures. 2021 Jun 1;52(2):54-67. doi: 10.2979/reseafrilite.52.2.03

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Ghorab, A. / Historiographic Metafiction and the Interrogation of Collective Memory in J. M. Coetzee’s Foe and Kamel Daoud’s Meursault, contre-enquête. In: Research in African Literatures. 2021 ; Vol. 52, No. 2. pp. 54-67.

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