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Beauty and the beach.
(2003)This dissertation aims to interpret holiday imagery in the media, as a site of South African cultural production, on the basis of newspaper images of local white and black people published in the Natal Mercury from 1966 ... -
Being the "Bull goose" : masculinity, male relationships and fatherhood in Bitter Eden, King Rat and The Road.
(2014)This dissertation examines the relationships, masculinities and the issue of fatherhood in three different texts, all of which are set in times of extreme crisis and have a male protagonist. The texts are Bitter Eden by ... -
Beyond the biopic an exploration into the nature of biography through the medium of film.
(2017)This research deals with the process of writing a biographical screenplay which sheds light and insight into the life of Mary Wollstonecraft, the eighteenth-century writer of ground-breaking works such as A Vindication on ... -
Blogging : investigating the role played by blogs in contemporary South African journalism and the public sphere.
(2009)This thesis seeks to investigate the role that blogs play in contemporary South African journalism through examining six blogs in the South African blogosphere and their content choices. This thesis draws on four key ... -
Boneyard, an original novella, accompanied by an extended essay on experimental narrative strategies in selected examples of contemporary ficton.
(2013)The following dissertation is comprised of an original novel/la Boneyard, as well as a critical exegesis exploring experimental narrative strategies. The novella works within the shifting boundaries of postmodernism. ... -
Can you hear me now? : possibilities of an engaged citizenry by way of Izwi IoMzansi FM community radio and mobile phone convergence.
(2013)Radio and mobile phones have existed in developing countries for years, however the diversity and pace with which these innovations have grown has made it difficult for researchers to effectively explore their effects. ... -
The challenge of the lyrical voice in 'unlyrical' times : a study of Ingrid de Kok's poetry.
(2010)This study places the poetry of Ingrid de Kok in a critical context that is strongly influenced by the political climate. Unlike political rhetoric, the nature of the lyrical poem is personal and complex, arguably ... -
Changing form and political purpose in selected works of Ronnie Govender.
(2009)This dissertation explores changing form and political purpose in selected works of Ronnie Govender, by analysing reasons for the shifts in Govender’s choice of genre, and the effects of these genre shifts in his work. ... -
Charles Mungoshi’s contribution to our understanding of female tragedy in a Zimbabwean context.
(2017)This dissertation is a literary analysis of Charles Mungoshi’s narratives Waiting for the Rain (Mungoshi, 1975), “The Day the Bread Van Didn’t Come” (Mungoshi, 1980), “The Little Wooden Hut in the Forest” (Mungoshi, 1997), ... -
Citizens of the nation, citizens of the world? : a comparative content analysis of globalisation in SABC 3 and e-TV national television news.
(2007)South Africa is a country interconnected with Africa and also more connected with the world.South African national television news evidently is also more global or 'glocalised' (Robertson, 1996) today in comparison to the ... -
A city within a city : vestiges of the socio-spatial imprint of colonial and apartheid Durban, from the 1870s to 1980s.
(2012)Parts of it have been referred to as the “Imperial Ghetto” (Badsha: 2001) or the “Duchene” and “Casbah” (Hassim: 2009) or simply “town” by the many who have frequented its markets, mosques, bus ranks, cinemas, schools, ... -
"Cleansing the actor" : an appropriated acting methodology utilising the performance theories of Jerzy Grotowski in a South African context- a case study of the cleansing (2011/2013).
(2013)This dissertation focuses on my key research question, “How Grotowski’s performance theories and actor training could be adapted for use in developing my own appropriated acting methodology in post-apartheid South Africa”. I ... -
A comparative analysis of selected works of Bessie Head and Ellen Kuzwayo with the aim of ascertaining if there is a Black South African feminist perspective.
(2003)My concern in this thesis is to assess if one can justifiably say that there is a unique black South African feminist perspective. I have chosen to focus on the feminist perspectives of two renowned black female African ... -
A comparative study of short stories by W.M.B. Mkhize and M.J. Mngadi with special reference to exposition, characterisation, style and themes.
(2003)This dissertation makes an investigation of two short story collections by the pioneering IsiZulu writers in this genre, W M B Mkhize and M J Mngadi with particular reference to exposition, characterisation, style and ... -
Computer aided techniques for the attribution of Attic black-figure vase-paintings using the Princeton painter as a model.
(2009)Because of their abundance and because of the insight into the ancient world offered by the depictions on their decorated surfaces, Attic painted ceramics are an extremely valuable source of material evidence. Knowing ... -
Concepts of the father in the art of women.
(2003)This dissertation explores the gendered division of childcare in terms of concepts of the father and examines how these concepts have impacted on the production of women artists in the history of western art. The survey ... -
Conspicuous concealment : an investigation into the veiling of Roman women, with special reference to the time of Augustus.
(2007)Although there is much evidence for the practice of female veiling in the Classical world it has for the most part been ignored. Evidence for the veiling of Roman women is found in many sources. Ancient lexicographers ... -
Constructions of identity in Marguerite Poland's Shades (1993) and Iron Love (1999)
(2003)In this thesis I will examine Marguerite Poland's two novels, Shades (1993) and Iron Love (1999) in terms of how they provide constructions of identity in a particular milieu and at a particular time. In order to do this; ... -
"Could it be madness - this?" : bipolar disorder and the art of containment in the poetry of Emily Dickinson.
(2007)This dissertation engages in a critical analysis of the poetry of Emily Dickinson which, to me, suggests that the poet suffered from a type of manic-depression known specifically in psychiatric parlance as bipolar disorder. ...