The detective novel in Northern Sotho : a comparative study

Mphahlele, Lekoto Lucas

dc.contributor.advisor	Serudu, M. S.
dc.contributor.author	Mphahlele, Lekoto Lucas
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-06T06:22:29Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-06T06:22:29Z
dc.date.issued	1989-12
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10500/28682
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this study is to make a critical analysis of three detective novels in Northern Sotho on a comparative basis . Reasons for this selection and approach are given in the first chapter. Chapter two deals with different types of crimes committed and methods used for detecting criminals. In chapter three we discuss the plot structure of the texts and examine their conformity or non-conformity to conventions of literary discourse. The four.th chapter focuses on the way the authors portray and use their characters especially the victims, the suspects, the criminals and the detectives. In chapter five we examine the function of milieu in prose fiction in general and in detective fiction in particular, with special reference to the three selected texts. We give an assessment of the selected novels and conclude by speculating on the future of the detective novel in Northern Sotho in the sixth chapter .	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (vii, 190 leaves)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	South African indigenous content	en
dc.subject	African languages	en
dc.subject.ddc	896.3977130093582
dc.subject.lcsh	Northern Sotho fiction -- History and criticism	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Detective and mystery stories, Northern Sotho -- History and criticism	en
dc.title	The detective novel in Northern Sotho : a comparative study	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	African Languages	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (African Languages)