Browsing Doctoral Degrees (English, Media and Performance Studies) by Title
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"Sister outsiders" : the representation of identity and difference in selected writings by South African Indian women.
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Some aspects of the dynamic process of creativity with special reference to the choreographer and director in the theatre.
(1979)No abstract available. -
The space between : contemporary opera and the novel : a study in metaphrasis.
(1994)The process of metaphrasis denotes the translation of a work of art from one medium into another. Opera is fundamentally an adaptive art form and contemporary opera has increasingly turned to the novel as the sophistication ... -
Space, body and subjectivity : shifting conceptions of black African masculinities in four audio-visual texts.
(2010)Research in constructions of masculinities in South Africa is already an established field, having in part developed out of the need to contextualise global theories in the social, economic and cultural realities of ... -
Staging empowerment? An investigation into participation and development in HIV and AIDS theatre projects.
(2010)This thesis is an exploration of contemporary practice in the field of theatre for development as HIV and AIDS communication. The thesis explores the theoretical fields of communication for development, entertainment ... -
States of nomadism, conditions of diaspora : studies in writing between South Africa and the United States, 1913-1936.
(2008)Using the theoretical idea of ‘writing between’ to describe the condition of the travelling subject, this study attempts to chart some of the literary, intellectual and cultural connections that exist(ed) between black ... -
Stranger in your midst : a study of South African women's poetry in English.
(1993)This thesis represents the first extended study of South African poetry in English from a gender perspective. It is conceived in two parts: firstly, a deconstructive analysis of the dominant tradition of South African ... -
Studies in structure : an analysis of four of the novels of George Eliot.
(1973)No abstract available. -
Theatre for young audiences and the Commedia dell'arte : the living tradition of the Commedia dell'arte in theatre for young audiences, with specific reference to selected original texts and performances.
(1992)The thesis affirms the relevance of "Theatre for Young Audiences" as a valid and distinctive genre; a performance genre that should entertain, educate and provide meaning in terms of its creative interaction with personal, ... -
Theorizing discourses of Zimbabwe, 1860-1900 : a Foucauldian analysis of colonial narratives.
(1998)This study seeks to understand colonial narratives of Zimbabwe 1860-1900 as a locus of transgression and opposition. I investigate the range and complexity of discourses within the imperial project open to both European male ... -
Voices in a university : a critical exploration of black students' responses to institutional discourse.
(1998)The context for this study is the period leading up to and the four years since the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994. It is a critical exploration of black students' responses to university discourses as ... -
'Who is the other woman?' : representation, alterity and ethics in the work of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
(1998)This dissertation analyses a number of key themes in the work of postcolonial theorist and literary critic Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, and uses her ideas to argue for the usefulness of both deconstructive and postmodern ... -
Who should teach journalism? : a scholarly personal narrative.
(2012)In the absence of qualitative research in the field of American journalism education, a case study of a Duke University affiliated documentary tradition program is blended with a Scholarly Personal Narrative to answer the ... -
Women in the Histories of Herodotus.
(2001)This thesis examines the portrayal of women in the Histories of Herod at us against the backdrop of two influences, Greek mythology, and the social customs and thought pertaining to women in ancient Greek society. ... -
Wopko Jensma : a monograph, the interface between poety and schizophrenia.
(2002)This thesis is a monograph of South African poet and artist, Wopko Jensma. Jensma's published anthologies, Sing/or Our Execution (1973), Where White is the Colour, Where Black is the Number (1974) and Have You Seen My ... -
Youth, media and lifestyles : an audience study on media (television) consumption and lifestyles of black youth living in both Durban and Alice, South Africa.
(2011)Presented as a comparative analysis, this qualitative audience study tests the hypothetic proposition that youths’ (1) consumption of media is mediated by various socio-economic determinants as well as cultural and ...