The Oral Nature of Northern Sotho "Direto"

Kgobe, Dominic Mamahlo

dc.contributor.advisor	Serudu, S. M. (Majelele Stephen), 1935-
dc.contributor.advisor	Louw, J. A.
dc.contributor.author	Kgobe, Dominic Mamahlo
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-08T06:59:35Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-08T06:59:35Z
dc.date.issued	1989
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10500/27927
dc.description.abstract	In this study the oral nature of N Sotho Direto is examined. It is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 introduces and delimitates the scope, outlines the characteristics of ora 1 poetry and gives bdefly, a classification of the N Sotho Direto. Chapter 2 focuses on the reason for which the Direto are composed and their transmission from generation to generation. Attention is also focused on the content of the Direto and the form they take when presented to an audience. Poetic devices involved in the presentation are scrutinized. Chapter 3 looks into the composition of Direto, the composer (Sereti}, his performance and audience. The language of the composer also receives attention in this chapter. Chapter 4 is a comparison of unwritten poems collected during research with written poems of D M Phala in Kxomo "a thswa. Chapter 5 is a general conclusion. chapters are synthesized.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (iii, 246 leaves)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	African languages	en
dc.subject	South African indigenous content	en
dc.subject.ddc	896.397711009
dc.subject.lcsh	Northern Sotho poetry -- History and criticism	en
dc.title	The Oral Nature of Northern Sotho "Direto"	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	African Languages	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (African Languages)