Browsing Masters Degrees (English, Media and Performance Studies) by Title
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The Daily Sun : investigating the role of the tabloid newspaper in the new South Africa.
(2008)This dissertation seeks to investigate the role of the tabloid newspaper, Daily Sun, in contemporary South Africa by exploring the meanings that readers of the newspaper appropriate through their engagement with it and the ... -
Dead reckoning : an analysis of George Romero's 'Living dead' series in relation to contemporary theories of film genre and representations of race, class, culture and violence.
(2008)This thesis is an in-depth analysis of George Romero's 'Living Dead' tetralogy of films, comprising Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn ofthe-Bead (1978), Day of the Dead(\985) and Land of the Dead (2005), examined through ... -
Deconstructing the Native/Imagining the Post-Native: Race, Culture and Postmodern Conditions in Brett Bailey’s ‘plays of miracle and wonder’.
(2009)This dissertation combines African philosophical discourses with perspectives on cultural performativity to explore the theme of ‘deconstructing the native’ and ‘imagining the postnative’ through theatre. The dissertation ... -
Defining the migrant experience : an analysis of the poetry and performance of a contemporary southern African genre.
(2001)This dissertation focuses on the migrant performance genre isicathamiya, a genre which was popular amongst migrant workers in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in the nineteen thirties and forties. It explores contemporary ... -
#Democracy : a case study of social media use amongst members of the public sphere during the 2014 South African general election.
(2016)At present social media is used by 28% of the world’s population. The use has naturally penetrated the political sphere where social media presence in election periods is a global growing phenomenon. However, limited ... -
The design of a virtual community of practice to facilitate communication, information and knowledge sharing amongst art educators in Botswana junior secondary schools.
(2009)Newly qualified educators in Botswana face many challenges not least of which occurs when they are posted to rural schools a distance from other teachers and information resources. The Government of Botswana has committed ... -
The development and evaluation of an online tutorial to teach digitization and metadata indexing of library and archival resources.
(2009)The aim of the study was to evaluate an online tutorial designed to teach digitization and metadata indexing of library and archival resources. The online tutorial was designed according to constructivist teaching principles ... -
Development of a constructivist instructional design model for corporate e-learning in South Africa : a best e-learning practices case study.
(2009)The goal of this research was the development of an e-learning model to address the needs of the South African corporate sector. To do this it was necessary to reach an understanding of: the South African corporate training ... -
The dialogue between Christianity and postmodernism in selected postmodern novels.
(2004)This paper seeks to explore the dialogue between postmodern thought and Christian theology. The dialogue will be grounded in four postmodern novels: Toni Morrison's Beloved, Ian McEwan's Atonement, Jill Paton Walsh's ... -
Diasporic identities, divine presences and the dynamics of power in Deepa Mehta's filmography (1996-2008)
(2014)This dissertation explores Hindu diasporic identities through the medium of four films directed by Deepa Mehta. The analysis of Fire (1996), Earth (1998), Water (2005) and Heaven on Earth (2008) reveals the contrary nature ... -
The difference debate : the politics of feminist literary criticism in South Africa.
(2013)This dissertation traces the development of the ‘difference debate’ during the 1990s. Using the ground-breaking Natal conference on ‘Women and Gender in Southern Africa’ as the central point of reference, the study aims ... -
Disability, development and the arts : a case study of the normative designs of a developmental organisation (Very Special Arts-Kwazulu Natal) in comparison with its practice.
(1999)Could the contribution of the voluntary sector to development be more fully realized given greater current emphasis on participatory development? This research addresses this question within the context of a voluntary ... -
Down to earth : changing attitudes towards nature as reflected in the work of Jenny Cullinan, Lynne Hull and the candidate.
(2001)The central purpose of this dissertation is to discuss different ways in which land and the broader natural environment has been used as a vehicle or medium in art-making, with a specific focus on the works of Jenny ... -
Drama used against the abuse of women : an investigation with adolescents.
(2001)Women experience abuse from their partners. Adolescent relationship abuse is the main focus of this study. The research intends to create awareness about the abuse of women, research adolescent attitudes and beliefs, ... -
Edutainment communication strategies against HIV/AIDS through radio : case study of Radio Ukhozi FM and Radio Dimsti-Hafash.
(2004)Today. the pandemic of HIV/AIDS has become a serious challenge especially in developing and underdeveloped nations. For this reason, all nations, different health institutions and nongovernmental organizations are investing ... -
Effective HIV/AIDS communication campaigns : a case study of an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign targeted at young adults at a tertiary institution.
(2002)This research emerges within the context of rapidly rising levels of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection amongst young adults and the escalation of deaths from the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). This ... -
The emergence of intercultural dialogues : children, disability and dance in KwaZulu-Natal : case studies of three dance projects held at The Playhouse Company (1997-1999)
(2001)This thesis examines the emerging intercultural dialogues around disability, performance dance and children in the multicultural context of KwaZulu-Natal. It focuses on creative dance (or modem educational dance), as it ... -
Evaluation of ArcView-GIS as a learning tool at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2005)The objective ofthe research project is to investigate the use of ArcView-GIS (a Geographical Information Systems software package) to promote cognitive development ... -
An evaluation of communication strategies used in the voluntary counselling and testing (vct) campaign at the University of Durban- Westville.
(2003)The present project evaluates and examines a communication campaign carried out at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) in 2003, which publicized the introduction of a HIV/AIDS Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) ...