Enmeshment of Zimbabwean law and literature in Petina Gappah’s Rotten Row (2016)

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dc.contributor.authorDube, Nhlanhlaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-16T13:50:38Z
dc.date.available2022-08-16T13:50:38Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionCITATION: Dube, N. Enmeshment of Zimbabwean law and literature in Petina Gappah’s Rotten Row (2016). JULACE: Journal of University of Namibia Language Centre 5(2) 2020. doi.10.32642/julace.v6i1en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at: https://journals.unam.edu.na/index.php/JULACE/issue/view/108en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis article assesses the relationship between Zimbabwean literature and Zimbabwean law. This is done by closely reading two short stories, namely from Petina Gappah’s 2016 anthology “Rotten Row”. A discussion of the ever-burgeoning literature and law movement is conducted in order to situate the article within the broader law and humanities interdisciplinary effort. Images of legal figures and legal institutions are assessed in order to determine the portraits they produce in the fiction. The close relationship of the Zimbabwean court judgement and the judgement as storytelling method in fiction is highlighted and explained. It is concluded that Gappah’s fiction is strongly connected to the law and that this is a deliberate story telling strategy.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher’s versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent1-9 Pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDube, N. Enmeshment of Zimbabwean law and literature in Petina Gappah’s Rotten Row (2016). JULACE: Journal of University of Namibia Language Centre 5(2) 2020. doi.10.32642/julace.v6i1en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2026-8297 (Online)en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherdoi.10.32642/julace.v6i1en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/125611
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherJULACEen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectPetina Gappahen_ZA
dc.subjectLaw and literatureen_ZA
dc.subjectZimbabwean literatureen_ZA
dc.subjectZimbabwean lawen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrican literatureen_ZA
dc.subjectRotten Rowen_ZA
dc.titleEnmeshment of Zimbabwean law and literature in Petina Gappah’s Rotten Row (2016)en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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