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Painting the soul : a process of empowering special needs educators.
(2009)Based on theories from Applied Drama, Dramatherapy and Psychology, this thesis explores the application of applied drama workshops with a group of educators at a school for children with barriers to learning, with a view ... -
The parent-child relationship and the Homeric hero in the Iliad and Odyssey.
(2010)This dissertation examines the depiction of the parent-child relationship in the Iliad and the Odyssey. In this examination, I focus on the representation of this phenomenon as it applies to Achilles and Hector, as the ... -
Pastoral and anti-pastoral elements in selected tragedies of Shakespeare.
(2003)While a good deal of attention has been paid to pastoral and, less frequently, to antipastoral elements in Shakespeare's comedies and romances, the same does not hold for his tragedies. Granted, pastoral features, as one ... -
Pasts remembered, future identities pursued : postcolonial nostalgia in Etienne van Heerden's novels, Ancestral voices and 30 Nights in Amsterdam.
(2013)The aim of this study is to explore the concept and application of nostalgia in two of Etienne van Heerden’s novels in their English translation, Ancestral Voices (1989) and 30 Nights in Amsterdam (2011). I aim to show ... -
Patterns of use of web-based library e-resources among students on the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2010)This study explores the use of electronic information services (EIS) by students at the Howard College (HC) campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in the faculties of Engineering and the Humanities, Development ... -
(Per)forming answers : using applied theatre techniques as a tool for qualitative research.
(2011)From the 1970s onwards Applied Theatre (AT) has become an ever more popular tool for communication in fields as varied as education, development, therapy, social action, business and others (see for example Blatner (ed.), ... -
Performance polemics in a plural society : South African theatre in transition.
(1988)"It was clearly the Government (by a great section of the electorate) that brought politics into the theatre, and we, the producers, the actors, the theatre-goers must pay the price for it." Alan Paton. This thesis ... -
Performance, power and agency : Isaiah Shembe's hymns and the sacred dance in the Church of the Nazarites.
(2010)This study examines the sacred dance in the Nazaretha Church and Isaiah Shembe's hymns as “agency” and not “response” (Coplan, 1994: 27). A number of studies on the Nazaretha Church and Isaiah Shembe posit that Shembe ... -
Photographic representation of women in the print media : a case study of the Post.
(2010)The under-representation of women in the media has been contested by gender activists the world over. Studies have indicated that women are more likely to be portrayed as models on advertising bill-boards than as serious ... -
Planning a Let's pretend game : games of make-believe : role playing games as devising theatre.
(2005)This dissertation seeks to formulate guidelines for the construction of a Let's Pretend game in order for a group to create a collaborative narrative through pretend play. A Let's Pretend game would provide a system for ... -
The playwright-performer as scourge and benefactor : an examination of political satire and lampoon in South African theatre, with particular reference to Pieter-Dirk Uys.
(1993)During the 1970s the plays of Pieter-Dirk Uys became causes celebres. In the 1980s he was, commercially and artistically, arguably the most successful South African satirist. By 1990 he had gained recognition in the ... -
The politics of identity self, community and nation : autobiographies by three South Africans.
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Popular performance : youth, identity and tradition in KwaZulu-Natal : the work of a selection of Isicathamiya choirs in Emkhambathini.
(2005)In recent years there has been an increasing interest in the study of African popular arts and performance genres. In this study, I will focus on isicathamiya, a South African musical performance genre, and in particular ... -
Portrayal of Indian culture in the electronic media : a case study of Impressions.
(1994)The idea the South African Indian community as a homogenous has derived from the apartheid ideology of separate development. From the time of their arrival in 1980, indentured labourer has endured a series of processes ... -
(Post)colonialities and deconstructions :bon some heterogeneous (mis)takes, double-binds, and the always already non-present perhaps.
(2007)In this thesis I explore three key debates within postcolonial theory. I argue for the efficacy of deploying deconstructive readings in postcolonial contexts. I closely analyse the debates in order to identify a number of ... -
A postcolonial, feminist reading of the representation of 'home' in Jane Eyre and Villette by Charlotte Brontë.
(2005)This dissertation comprises an exploration of the concept of home and its link to propriety as it was imposed on women, focussing specifically on Jane Eyre and Villette by Charlotte Bronte. These novels share a preoccupation ... -
Postmodern apocalyptic visions of the future : Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction film and the quest for final meaning.
(2005)This thesis articulates theoretical views on science fiction in relation to our world as viewed from a postmodern perspective. Inherent herein, is the exploration of the ambivalent nature of the theme of the apocalyptic ... -
Power, race and sex as evident in the role of the psychiatrist in Lewis Nkosi's Mating Birds and The Black Psychiatrist.
(2005)In this thesis I will look at the interlinked issues of power, race and sex in Lewis Nkosi's Mating Birds (1986) and The Black Psychiatrist (1994) using the psychiatrist figure to provide the focus on these intersections ... -
Problem solving theatre : a case study of the use of participatory forum theatre to explore HIV/AIDS issues in the workplace.
(2003)This thesis examines the use of the participatory forum theatre methodology for HIVIAIDS education ina factory setting in Durban, 2003. The paper explores the field of Entertainment Education (EE), which is the strategic ...