Browsing Masters Degrees (English, Media and Performance Studies) by Issue Date
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Some aspects of the nature and incidence of stuttering among Indian primary school children in Durban.
(1971)Stuttering has been a complex problem ever since the early history of man. It has been found to exist in some cultures to a greater extent than in others. In certain primitive cultures the phenomenon of stuttering was ... -
In a manner of speaking : some aspects of structure, including narration, in the novels of Elizabeth Gaskell.
(1980)No abstract available. -
Nathaniel Nakasa, the journalist as autobiographer : a crisis of identity.
(1990)Nathaniel Ndazana Nakasa [1937 - 1965] was a South African journalist who reported for llanga Lase [Natal] in 1956 and 1957, for Drum magazine from 1958 to 1964 and wrote a column for the Saturday edition of the Rand Daily ... -
Mary Benson : the problem of defining the "self".
(1991)This study investigates the problem of defining Mary Benson as a person and a writer. Her writing spans a range of generic classifications - biography, history, plays, a novel and an autobiography. Yet, all are centred ... -
The role of "film study" within the English syllabus in White English medium secondary schools in the Transvaal : 1977-1990.
(1993)Prior to 1986, there was no media studies of any type prescribed at secondary schools in the Transvaal. However, individual teachers and schools have recognised the need for children to receive instruction in the media. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Culture and consciousness of physically disabled persons : the need for drama within the special school curriculum.
(1994)This dissertation investigates how disability has been defined, and focuses on the shift in the conception of disability as an individual and medical problem to disabi1ity as a form of social oppression. Starting from ... -
Orality, textuality and history : issues in South African oral poetry and performance.
(1995)A vigorous oral tradition has existed throughout South African history, and in many ways represents our truly original contribution to world literature. Despite this, oral literature is largely absent from accounts of ... -
Inherent ecology : an examination of sculpture by Walter Oltmann, Andries Botha and Paul Edmunds.
(1995)I begin by describing Western culture in the way proposed by Fritjof Capra whose ideas remain seminal to my argument throughout this examination. I argue that Western value systems are in the midst of a major transformation, ... -
South African writers in exile: a search for identity and common threads in their writing.
(1995)Abstract available in PDF. -
The artist as a visionary : a consideration of Jackson Pollock, Joseph Beuys and Jackson Hlungwani as visionary artists.
(1996)This study is a consideration of the notion of the artist as a visionary. This perception of the artist is explored in relation to the work and ideas of three twentieth century artists; the American painter Jackson Pollock ... -
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, ... -
South African history painting : reinterpretation by women artists.
(1996)The title of this thesis 'South African History Painting : Reinterpretation By Women Artists' indicated that the focus was to be on South African history painting. As the research progressed, however, it became apparent ... -
The familial reconfiguration of the subject of cultural discourse in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous conditions.
(1996)Abstract available in PDF. -
A study of selected community-based arts projects in KwaZulu- Natal.
(1997)Abstract not available. -
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 ... -
An investigation into the use of terms aithiops and aithiopia in Greek literature from Homer to Lycophron.
(1997)The Greeks and Romans were acquainted with dark skinned people from Africa from an early stage. It has been generally accepted that such people were referred to as aithiopias; by the Greeks, and modem commentators have ... -
Nation-building novels : symbolism and syncrecity.
(1998)Nation-building novels are novels which attempt to weave the experiences, values and richness of a variety of cultures, language groups and social contexts into a national heritage that creates a sense ofnational identity ...