Browsing Masters Degrees (English, Media and Performance Studies) by Title
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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 ... -
Productions of ideology : a comparative and contrasting analysis of representations of Black urban experience in Peter Abrahams's Mine boy ; Alan Paton's Cry, the beloved country and Phyllis Altman's The law of the vultures.
(2000)The broad aim of this study is to show, through a comparative and contrasting analysis of three thematically related texts - namely Peter Abrahams's Mine Boy; Alan Patan's Cry, the Beloved Country and Phyllis Altman's ... -
Profiling the female crime writer : Margie Orford and questions of (gendered) genre.
(2013)Crime fiction, despite its long chronicled history, has only recently become prevalent as ‘genre fiction’ in South Africa. Despite being an historically disparaged form, crime fiction offers a platform to engage critically ... -
Putting a future into film : cultural policy studies, the Arts and Culture Task Group and Film Reference Group (1980-1997)
(1997)Cultural policy studies, or studies in the relations of government and culture (Mercer, 1994) were initiated in Australia in the 1980s, where cultural studies have been reinterpreted into a dialogue of policy-making and ... -
Queering Ubuntu : the self and the other in South African queer autobiography.
(2012)The research presented in this dissertation examines South African queer autobiography. The primary texts that I have chosen to analyse are four recent collections of autobiographical accounts by queer-identifying individuals, ... -
Questioning notions of authenticity : Zulu beadwork as cultural tourism.
(2013)Questioning notions of authenticity through the dynamics of Zulu culture as expressed by Zulu beadwork in the cultural tourism industry, allows this study to evaluate the historical perspectives of Zulu culture. It further ... -
Quis ego sum saltem? : an investigation of Plautus' Captiui, Menaechmi and Amphitruo with special reference to problems of identity.
(2007)Many of Plautus' extant plays contain identity problems, the results of comic confusions in identity. The confusion may arise from deliberate deceit through impersonation, or from mistaken identity through ignorance. While ... -
Race trouble: An exploration of race relations in Zebra crossing, coconut and the book of memory by Meg Vandermerwe, Kopano Matlwa and Petina Gappah.
(2020)Despite the formalised abolishment of both apartheid and colonialism, it would in many respects be remiss to conclude that the legacy of these systems of oppression do not continue to exert some level of influence on the ... -
Raising the pillar in the "house of fiction" : a study of the processes of development and change in the central characters of two novels of Henry James: The portrait of a lady and The ambassadors.
(2000)The thesis focuses on a variation of James's interest in the "international theme", the effect of transatlantic influences on the development of personality, culture and idea. In the context of this theme it seeks to ... -
Reading programmes to encourage reading : teachers' and learners' perceptions and experiences.
(2011)This research project is aimed at investigating the reading programmes, in four schools in KwaZulu- Natal, which serve to encourage learners to read. The schools involved in this research project were single- sex schools ... -
Reading the city : analysing literary space in selected postapartheid urban narratives.
(2005)Space can be read through text. Space is also constructed through text. Literary and critical theory has, however, emphasised time over space. However, space, place and location are crucial determining factors in any ... -
Reflexivity and research methodology in representing the San : a case study of Isaacson's "The healing land".
(2003)The focus in this project is on the analysis of empirical evidence collected from the #Khomani and Ngwatle communities relating to representation, theories of reflexivity and research methodology, as well as responses ... -
Representations of masculinity in selected novels with South African settings by Bryce Courtenay.
(2019)This dissertation examines masculinities created by Bryce Courtenay as represented within his South African-set novels, The Power of One, published in 1989, Tandia, which appeared in 1991, and Whitethorn, published in 2005. ...