https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/2725 2026-05-12T16:50:23Z 2026-05-12T16:50:23Z Makhedama, Buntu https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/31686 2024-10-18T09:38:18Z 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exploring muti murder and the supernatural in selected Southern African novels: the case for (magical) realism. Makhedama, Buntu This study explores the appropriateness of Western genre categories and cosmologies to understanding muti murder and other supernatural elements in selected southern African fiction namely Alexandra McCall-Smith’s The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (1998), Christine Mary Elliott’s Sibanda and the Rainbird (2013), Zakes Mda’s Ways of Dying (1995) and Lauren Beukes’ Zoo City (2010). Postcolonial theory is adopted to navigate through the research questions of this study. Each chapter offers a distinct analysis of the novels noting that muti murder affects a text’s classification. Mda employs Intsomi to express muti murder in Ways of Dying, while Beukes in Zoo City employs faith-based magical realism. CM Elliott’s Sibanda and the Rainbird and McCall-Smith’s The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency maintain the conventions of realism despite referencing muti murder which is a concept believed to have supernatural effects.; Olu uphando lukhangela ukufaneleka kwe ndidi zase ntshona ngoku qonda izinto ezifana no muti oza ngoku bulala nezinye izinto eziyimilingo kwi ncwadi ezikhethiweyo zase ntshona Africa, ezifana ne ka Alexandra McCall-Smith’s The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (1998), Christine Mary Elliott’s Sibanda and the Rainbird (2013), Zakes Mda’s Ways of Dying (1995) ne ka Lauren Beukes’ Zoo City (2010). iPostcolonial theory eyona ekhethiweyo yoba ihluze imibuzo eza noluphando. Isahluko nganye siza nophando oluhlukileyo, ngoku qaphelisa uba umuti oza ngoku bulala unako ukuchaphazela indlela esizifunda ngayo ezincwadi. Apha koluphando sifumanisa uba uMda kwi Ways of Dying usebenzisa indlela zokubalisa Intsomi xa eveza lo mba wo muti kwaye uBeukes kwi Zoo City usebenzisa iMagical realism edibanisa izinto ze nkolelo. uCM Elliott kwi Sibanda and the Rainbird no McCall-Smith ku The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency bakwazile ugcina imithetho yeRealism nangona nje beshukuxa into enemiphumela engaphezulu kweyemvelo njengo muti.; Lolu uphando luphica ukufaneleka kwe zigaba zase ntshona ngoku qonda izinto ezifana no muti oza ngoku bulala nezinye izinto eziyimilingo kwi ncwadi ezikhethiweyo zase ntshona Africa, ezifana ne ka Alexandra McCall-Smith’s The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (1998), Christine Mary Elliott’s Sibanda and the Rainbird (2013), Zakes Mda’s Ways of Dying (1995) ne ka Lauren Beukes’ Zoo City (2010). iPostcolonial theory eyona ekhethiweyo yokuthi ihlaziye imibuzo eza naloluphando. Isahluko ngasinye siletha uphando oluhlukileyo, ngoku qaphelisa ukuthi umuti oza ngoku bulala unako ukuchaphazela indlela esi yifunda ngayo lezincwadi. Kulolu uphando sifumanisa ukuthi uMda kwi Ways of Dying usebenzisa indlela zokulandisa ezifana nomlando we nganekwane uma eveza loludaba lo muti, kwaye uBeukes kwi Zoo City usebenzisa iMagical realism ehlanganisa izinto ze nkolelo. uCM Elliott kwi Sibanda and the Rainbird no McCall-Smith ku The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency bakwazile ugcina imithetho yeRealism nangona nje bexoxa ngento enemiphumela engaphezulu kweyemvelo njengo muti. Text in English with summaries in Xhosa and Zulu.

2024-01-01T00:00:00Z Sibuyi, Dzunisani https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/31088 2024-05-06T08:30:45Z 2020-10-30T00:00:00Z

The role of narrational strategies in the fiction of Mandla Langa Sibuyi, Dzunisani This study deals with Mandla Langa’s deployment of narrational strategies in his narrative oeuvre. Through a structural narratological analysis of Langa’s discourse, the study reveals the role of the narrational strategies in the generation of meaning in his work. It also shows how the strategies are deployed to generate sympathy for specific characters and events in the fiction. The extent to which this draws attention to the fictional characters and their social positions in the Apartheid and post-Apartheid periods in South Africa, in which time periods the narratives are set, determines the interpretation of the meanings encoded in the texts. The study employs the narrative theory developed by Gérard Genette and Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of dialogism and concept of polyphony to investigate, describe and analyse the signifying effects of the strategies used in Langa’s fiction.

2020-10-30T00:00:00Z Van Huyssteen, Justin https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/30653 2023-11-14T08:24:23Z 2023-10-19T00:00:00Z

Meat, sex, and power : an analysis of the world of Beastars Van Huyssteen, Justin This dissertation presents an examination and analysis of the world depicted in the Japanese mangaka/comic artist Itagaki Paru’s Beastars and Beast Complex serialised manga narratives. The analysis is comprised of three primary sections that delve into meat and other animal products, sex and gender, and power relations. These concepts are respectively discussed by focusing on the way in which this fictional world facilitates the use of meat/animal products despite all animals being persons, the way in which sexual and gendered aspects, which are typically attributed to human animals, are attributed to animalised classifications, and the way in which a variety of factors simultaneously operate to enforce power relations between different persons and groups in this fictional world. The analysis makes use of semiotics, ecofeminism, critical discourse analysis, animal studies, and critical theory in general.; Hierdie dissertasie bied ʼn ondersoek na en analise van die wêreld wat in die Japanse mangaka-/strokiesprentkunstenaar Paru Itagaki se Beastars en Beast Complex-mangaverhaalreeks uitgebeeld word. Die analise bestaan uit drie primêre afdelings wat onderskeidelik vleis en ander diereprodukte, seks en gender, en magsverhoudings ondersoek. Hierdie konsepte word bespreek deur te fokus op die manier waarop hierdie fiktiewe wêreld die gebruik van vleis-/dierprodukte fasiliteer, ten spyte daarvan dat alle diere persone is; die manier waarop seksuele en gender-aspekte, wat tipies aan menslike diere toegedig word, aan verdierlikte klassifikasies toegedig word; en die manier waarop ’n verskeidenheid faktore gelyktydig werksaam is om magsverhoudings tussen verskillende persone en groepe in hierdie fiktiewe wêreld af te dwing. Die analise gebruik semiotiek, ekofeminisme, kritiese diskoersanalise, dierestudies, en kritiese teorie oor die algemeen.; Le thisisi ibonisa ukuhlolwa kunye nohlalutyo lwehlabathi elibonakaliswa kuthotho lwamabali eencwadi zokonwabisa iBeastars and Beast Complex zeJapanese mangaka/umzobi weencwadi zokonwabisa uParu Itagaki. Olu hlalutyo lubandakanya amacandelo amathathu aphambili aphonononga iimveliso zenyama kunye nezinye zezilwanyana, ezesondo kunye nesini, kunye nobudlelane ngokwamagunya. Ezi ngcamango zixoxwa ngokulandelelana ngokugxila kwindlela eli hlabathi lamabali aqwetyiweyo eliququzelela ngayo ukusetyenziswa kweemveliso zenyama okanye zezilwanyana nangona zonke izilwanyana zingabantu; indlela apho iinkalo zesini kunye nobuni, ngokuqhelekileyo ezayanyaniswa nabantu, zithi zayanyaniswe khona nohlelo lwezilwanyana; kunye nendlela apho iintlobo ngeentlobo zezinto zisebenza ngaxeshanye ukunyanzelisa ubudlelane ngokwamagunya phakathi kwabantu kunye namaqela ahlukileyo kweli hlabathi lamabali aqwetyiweyo. Olu hlalutyo lusebenzisa ithiyori yokunxulumene nemiqondiso kunye neempawu (semiotics), ithiyori ehlola unxibelelwano phakathi kwabasetyhini nendalo (ecofeminism), ithiyori yohlalutyo lokusetyenziswa kolwimi kumagunya nakwezentlalo (critical discourse analysis), izifundo zezilwanyana, kunye nethiyori yohlalutyo lwezentlalo nenkcubeko ngokubanzi (critical theory).

2023-10-19T00:00:00Z Makoni, John https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/30390 2023-08-16T05:25:56Z 2022-12-15T00:00:00Z

Trauma, narrative and ethics in J.M. Coetzee’s selected fiction Makoni, John The traumatic encounter in J.M. Coetzee’s representation of colonialism is shown to facilitate the ethical evolvement of his protagonists. However, in order for characters to attain ethical salvation, it is necessary that they come into proximity with the Other. In narratives that deconstruct colonial discourses, Coetzee attempts to expose the workings of myth both in the enactment and sustenance of the colonial project to show that myth is coextensive with violence in colonialism and that violence is a concomitant of colonialism. In anti-realist narratives that represent human and animal Other, it is shown that the citation of an alleged quietism in Coetzee’s narratives fails to take into account his scrupulous ethical stance against suffering and oppression and that he contests authority by foregrounding alterity. Hence his refusal to publicly express his political views is problematised.Consequently, his hospitality settings suggest a postcolonial ethics based on interrogating language.; Dit is bewys dat die traumatiesekonfrontasie in J.M. Coetzee se kolonialisme die etiese ontknoping van syprotagonistegefasiliteer het. Vir karakters om egteretiese redding te verkry, is dit nodig dat hulle nader aan die Ander beweeg. In narratiewe waar koloniale diskoersegedekonstrueerword, poog Coetzee om die werking van mites in beide die uitleef en onderhoud van die koloniale projek bloot te lê en sodoende te wys dat die omvang van die mite in kolonialisme, gelyk is aan geweld en dat geweld ’n byverskynsel van kolonialisme is. Anti-realis narratiewe wat die Ander van mens en dier verteenwoordig, toon dat die aanhaal van ’n beweerde quiëtisme in Coetzee se narratiewenie daarin slaag om sy gewetensvolle etiese standpunt teen lyding en verdrukking in aanmerking te neem nie en dat hygesagbeveg deur andersheid voorop te stel. Derhalwewordsyweiering om sy politieke menings openbaar te maak, as probleem gesien. Gevolglik suggereer sygasvryheidraamwerk ’n post-kolonialeetiek wat op die interrogasie van taal gebaseer is.; Ukuhlangana okudabukisayo ekumeleleni kuka-J.M. Coetzee kobukoloni kuboniswa ukusiza ukuthuthuka kwesimilo sabalingiswa bakhe. Kodwa-ke, ukuze abalingiswa bathole insindiso yesimilo, kuyadingeka ukuthi basondelane Nomunye. Ezindabeni ezisusa ukwakhiwa kwezinkulumo zamakholoni, u-Coetzee uzama ukudalula ukusebenza kwenganekwane kokubili ekusungulweni nasekusekelweni kwephrojekthi yamakholoni ukukhombisa ukuthi inganekwane ihlangene nodlame ku-colonialism nokuthi udlame luhambisana nobukoloniyali. Ezindabeni ezimelene namaqiniso amele umuntu nesilwane Okunye, kuboniswa ukuthi ukucashunwa kwezinsolo zokuthi cwaka ezilandweni zika-Coetzee kwehluleka ukubheka isimo sakhe sokuziphatha esiqinile ngokumelene nokuhlupheka nengcindezelo kanye nokuthi uphikisana negunya ngokwenza ushintsho olungaphambili. Ngakho-ke ukwenqaba kwakhe ukuveza imibono yakhe yezombusazwe kuyinkinga.Ngakho-ke, izilungiselelo zakhe zokungenisa izihambi ziphakamisa izimiso ze-postcolonial ezisekelwe olimini lokuphenya.

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