A structuralist approach to B.M. Khaketla's novel Mosali a Nkhola

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze Mosali A Nkhola by Khaketla B. M. It has become apparent that literature is a specialised discipline. If literature is a specialised fie ld , it follows that the approaches for investigating that literature will also be specialised . Structuralism is a theoretical approac h that forms the framework of this s tudy. The Science o f Literature is concerned with the different ways in which meaning is produced in the text and not with its content. This i s what is favoured and fostered by Structuralists. We intend to employ structuralism in order to differentiate between the plo t and the story in Khaketla ' s work. In our analysis we are also going t o employ the concepts which are adopted by structuralists, namely exposition, motorial moment, complication, crisis, climax and denouement. Furthermore we will look at Khaketla's characters because plot and character are one substance.