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The non-European character in South African English fiction

Mphahlele, Ezekiel (1956-12)

The growing scope and significance of the "Non-European" in English fiction: a rapid survey of works of writers about countries where the enigma appears
Themes in South African English poetry since the Second World War

Adey, David (1976-06)
Language contact and interference in the acquisition of English proficiency by Bantu-speaking students

Wissing, Robin John (1987-11)

This study analyses the causes of error in the written english of black senior secondary pupils and teacher trainees. Using Error Analysis and Contrastive Analysis in a form known as Interference Analysis and covering a ...
Developing English communicative skills : a reassessment of the role of university departments of English in meeting the needs of English second language students

Swemmer, Derek (1992)

Prompted by increasing demand in South Africa for the development of a focused but flexible English Second Language (ESL) curriculum at university level, this thesis contends that substantial theoretical under-pinning ...
Mobilities of presence : the motifs of time and history in the novels of Peter Ackroyd

Baker, Hendia (1992-11)

After a brief contextualisation, time and history are examined in Ackroyd's novels. Chapter 1 examines postmodernism. Chapter 2 explores history perceived as fact and as construct. Chapter 3 investigates the dissolution ...
The soteriology of Samuel Johnson

Sandlin, Peter Andrew (1992-11)
Changing social consciousness in the South African English novel after World War II, with special reference to Peter Abrahams, Alan Paton, Es'kia Mphahlele and Nadine Gordimer

Paasche, Karin Ilona Mary (1992-11)

The changing social consciousness in South Africa during the twentieth century falls within a political-historical framework of events: amongst others, World Wars I and II; the institution of the Apartheid Laws in 1948; ...
Decadence and resilience : a study of the aristocratic novel in English in the twentieth century

Wessels, Johan Andries (1992-11)

The aristocratic novel in the twentieth century depicts the successes and failures of the aristocracy's efforts to come to terms with the social realities brought about by contemporary egalitarianism. Although several of ...
A critical analysis of Wole Soyinka as a dramatist, with special reference to his engagement in contemporary issues

Lunga, Majahana John Chonsi (1994)

This dissertation is mainly on Wole Soyinka as a dramatist. It aims to show that Soyinka, far from being an irrelevant artist as some of his fiercest critics have alleged, is a deeply committed writer whose works are ...
Namibies-Afrikaanse literatuur

Meyer, Alfreda Catharina (1994-01)

In die proefskrif word gepoog om die Namibies-Afrikaanse literatuur wat gepubliseer is sedert die twintigerjare (met die verskyning van die eerste Afrikaanse gedigte in Afrikaanse koerante) tot met die onafhanklikwording ...
Changing images : representations of the Southern African black women in works by Bessie Head, Ellen Kuzwayo, Mandla Langa and Mongane Serote

Marsden, Dorothy Frances (1994-11)

This study examines representations of Southern African black women in the works' of two male and two female writers. A comparative approach is used to review the ways in which the writers characterise women who labour ...
A dialogue of two selves : themes of alienation and African humanism in the works of Es'kia Mphahlele

Obee, Ruth, 1941- (1994-11)

Es'kia Mphahlele's concept of African humanism was a seminal influence on Black Consciouness thought and provided the philosophical basis for a landmark body of South African criticism and aesthetics wilh roots in Africa. ...
Insubstantial pageants fading : a critical exploration of epiphanic discourse, with special reference to three of Robert Browning's major religious poems

Keep, Carol Julia (1994-11)

This dissertation examines the nature of epiphanic discourse in three of Robert Browning's religious poems, namely, 'Christmas- Eve', 'Easter-bay' and 'La Saisiaz'. Chapter 1 investigates epiphany from religious, ...
The disintegration of a dream : a study of Sam Shephard's family trilogy, Curse of the starving class, Buried child and True west

Watt, Diane Lilian (1995)

The family trilogy, Curse of the Starving Class, Buried Child and True West, presents Sam Shepard's strong bond with his culture and his people, illustrates an intense connection with the land, and reveals a deep longing ...
Subversive narrative and thematic strategies : a critical appraisal of Fay Weldon's Fiction

Dowling, Finuala Rachel (1995-06)

Fay Weldon is a popular, prolific author whose oeuvre stretches from 1967 to the present and includes 20 novels, three collections of short stories and numerous stage, radio and television plays, scripts and adaptations. ...
Critical Review of New Writing from Southern Africa: Authors who have become prominent since 1980

Masemola, Kgomotso (Routledge, 1995-08-30)
Selves and others : the politics of difference in the writings of Ursula Kroeber le Guin

Byrne, D. C. (Deirdre C.) (1995-11)

Selves and Others: The Politics of Difference in the Writings of Ursula Kroeber Le Guin has two founding premises. One is that Le Guin's writing addresses the political issues of the late twentieth century in a number ...
Rapport between players and audience in 15th and early 16th century English drama

Elphick, Anthony Beresford (1995-11)

This dissertation falls in line with work produced during the past fifteen years or so, aimed at improving our appreciation of late medieval/early Tudor English Drama. The approach is based especially on looking at the ...
Theorising the counterhegemonic : a critical study of Black South African autobiography from 1954-1963

Gilfillan, Lynda, 1948- (1995-11)

In this thesis, I examine a critical procedure appropriate to Black South African autobiography of the 1950s and early 1960s. In particular, I examine these autobiographies as examples of counterhegemonic writing in which ...
Ideology and form in South African autobiographical writing : a study of the autobiographies of five South Africa authors

Ngwenya, Thengamehlo Harold (1996-11)

Relying on Lucien Goldmann's theory of genetic structuralism, this study examines the relationship between ideology (world vision) and the autobiographical form in South African writing. The five autobiographers selected for ...

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