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Volume 28: Issue 2
Mythologization of Characters in the Autobiographies of Camara Laye,Wole Soyinka and Ezekiel Mphahlele
Author:
TonyE. Afejuku University of Benin. Department of English and Literature PMB 1154 Benin City Nigeria PMB 1154 Benin City Nigeria

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Pages:
243–249
Online Publication Date:
26 Oct 2004
Publication Date:
31 Dec 2001
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1013858812109
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Abstract  

This essay argues that the beauty of Laye, Soyinka and Mphahlele as artistic autobiographers derives from their use of mythologized characters to heighten meaning and to elevate their autobiographies as works of art.

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