Browsing Masters Degrees (English, Media and Performance Studies) by Title
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Telling tales, allowing the body to speak : redefining the art of flesh in feminist performance art.
(2006)This thesis is constructed between a double argument. The first is a feminist argument that the female body may be viewed as a tool for cultural reinscription against dominant structures of subjectivity and representation ... -
Telling tales: life writing from the inner-city and a critical reflection on the ethics of non-fiction storytelling.
(2020)This thesis comprises a creative component entitled They won't come for us here, and a reflective component which examines the ethics of non-fiction storytelling. They won't come for us here is a compilation of life-writing ... -
Tenement : a novel manuscript plus a critical self-reflection on the process of writing.
(2010)This dissertation has two parts. Part one is a manuscript for a novel, entitled Tenement, and part two is a critical self-reflection on the processing of writing. Tenement is a story about death, narrated from the perspective ... -
Testimony, identity and power : oral narratives of near-death experiences in the Nazarite church.
(2005)In this study I investigate the narratives of near-death experiences in the Nazarite Church as one way in which this community grapples with the question of death and the after-life. However, I am particularly interested ... -
Theatre of the imagination : the theatre of Ellis Pearson and Bheki Mkhwane.
(2008)Ellis and Bheki, the KwaZulu-Natal theatre duo of Ellis Pearson and Bheki Mkhwane (hereafter Mkhwane and Pearson), define their theatre as 'Theatre of the Imagination,' a hybrid (Hauptfleisch 1997: 49) of African and ... -
This night is different : a drama in two acts with a self-reflective essay.
(2006)No abstract available. -
Towards a transnational and intercultural literary perspective : continuity or discontinuity?
(2001)Abstract available in the PDF. -
Toy(ed) soldiers : constructions of white adolescent masculinity in Mark Behr's narratives.
(2007)This thesis is a literary thematic analysis of Mark Behr's novels The Smell of Apples (1996) and Embrace (2000). Through these novels, Behr explores the nature of masculine identities and the ways in which they are developed ... -
Tracking transformation : arts, politics and consumerism in the arts section of the Weekly Mail/Mail & Guardian, 1985-2000.
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Tradition and innovation : Rorke's Drift ceramics in the collection of the Durban Art Gallery, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2005)The Rorke's Drift Art and Craft Centre is examined in its historical context. In order to place the pottery workshop in the context of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC) Arts and Crafts Centre, the history of the centre's ... -
Translating South Africa's transition : Ivan Vladislavi*c's Missing persons in French.
(2008)This short dissertation is based on the comparative analysis of Ivan VladislaviC's short-story collection, Missing Persons (1989) and its French (Belgian) translation, Portes Disparus (1997). The thematic concerns of the ... -
Transvaluative analysis of Zulu terms that relate to women : a case study of a TV drama series, Kwakhalanyonini, with reference to gender stereotypes.
(1996)The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between media, language and gender stereotypes. It assumes that language usage in mass media creates and reproduces gender inequalities. Its main objectives are firstly, ... -
The treatment of violence on the South African Broadcasting Corporation's television news : a comparative analysis between TV1 and CCV News from 14 March to 26 April 1994.
(1994)This study was designed to investigate the portrayal of violence on SABC Television News programmes, these being CCV News, presented at 19h.00 and TVI News at 20h.00. The literature reviewed reveals that Television News ... -
Truth in autobiography : a comparative study of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions and Dave Eggers' A heartbreaking work of staggering genius.
(2008)This dissertation studies understandings, definitions and uses of truth in autobiography, looking specifically at Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions and Dave Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. In order for ... -
Us and them : loveLife, commercial brands and everyday life.
(2007)The issue of branding with regard to public health communication is the topic of this thesis. The case study investigated is that of the loveLife Lifestyle brand introduced to South Africa in 1999 by the US-based Henry J ... -
A usability study of the SAMAP web site.
(2011)The goal of this research was to conduct a usability study on Digital Innovation’s (DISA) South African Music Archive Project (SAMAP) website. In order to achieve this goal, it was very important to first (1) understand ... -
The use of browser based resources for literature searches in the postgraduate cohort of the Faculty of Humanities, Development and Social Sciences (HDSS) at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2011)The research reflected here examined in depth how one cohort of learners viewed and engaged in literature searches using web browser based resources. Action research was employed using a mixed methods approach. The ... -
Using popular participatory theatre as a research method to expose the relationship between HIV/AIDS and silence in Malealea Valley, Lesotho.
(2008)his study discusses the benefits of Popular Participatory Theatre (PPT) as a research method with which to investigate the culture of silence around HIV/AIDS issues in Malealea Valley, Lesotho. Popular Participatory Theatre ...