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Editorial introduction to Volume 3 of the Benin Journal of English and Literary Studies.
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The Department of English and Literature's open-access academic publishing platform is home to 3 peer-reviewed journals: Benin Journal of Language and Communication (BJLC), specialising in Language, Communication, and related scholarship;Benin Journal of Literary Studies (BJLS), specialising in Literature, popular culture, and related scholarship;Romanus Egudu Journal of English Studies (REJES), specialising in both Language and Literary Studies.
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Editorial introduction to Volume 3 of the Benin Journal of English and Literary Studies.
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Okache C. Odey
Published in Volume 3 of the Benin Journal of English and Literary Studies.
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LITERARY ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION OF INDOCTRINATION AND INDUCEMENT AS RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES IN INSURGENCY IN SELECTED NIGERIAN FILMS
Florence Osaguona Okpalaku, Adekunle Peter Mamudu
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A PRAGMA-STYLISTIC AND REGISTER VARIATION ANALYSIS OF SOCIETAL DYSFUNCTION IN WOLE SOYINKA’S CHRONICLES AND CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S DREAM COUNT
Andrew Ikpomwosa Egba, Ali Evbayiro
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AN APPRAISAL OF MARITAL CHOICES AND THE MODERNIST CRISIS IN FATIMAH BALA MOHAMMED'S BROKEN, NOT A HALAL STORY
Tolulope Rhoda Olajubu
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