Browsing by Subject "Postcolonialism"
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Approximating an ideal South African woman of the 21st century through Postcolonial fiction by South African woman writers
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)At the dawn of democracy in South Africa, the emancipation of women was unequivocally placed at the centre of the on-going debates, recognising that a non-sexist democracy was one of the goals of the struggle. However, ... -
Castaways and colonists from Crusoe to Coetzee
(North-West University, 2012)Generic transformation of the castaway novel is made evident by the various ways in which the narrative boundaries that separate fiction from reality and history, the past from the present, and the rational from the ... -
A comparative reading of the depiction of Afrikaner ancestry in two works by C.D. Bell
(North-West University, 2009)This dissertation investigates the contradictions and similarities regarding the depictions of Afrikaner ancestry in two works by Charles Davidson Bell: The landing of Van Riebeeck, 1652 (1850) and Cattle boers' outspan ... -
Foregrounding/Resolving boundaries between "self and other" in selected contemporary South African novels
(2015)This study aims to evaluate the original white colonisers‟ or settlers‟ position and experience in Africa and South Africa during the transitional period between 1998 and 2011, as represented by English white male protagonists ... -
Die grens tussen lewe en dood : 'n studie van spookkarakters in die roman-oeuvre van Etienne van Heerden
(2015)Hierdie studie stel ondersoek in na die voorkoms en funksie van spookkarakters in die roman-oeuvre van Etienne van Heerden, een van Afrikaanse letterkunde se mees bekroonde skrywers. Die doel van hierdie studie is om vas ... -
Liminality : choice and responsibility in selected novels by JM Coetzee
(2015)This thesis argues that JM Coetzee’s novels, in particular Foe, Disgrace, Elizabeth Costello, Slow Man and Diary of a Bad Year all illustrate the complexity of, and the ethical implications and far-reaching consequences ... -
Placing the farm novel : space and place in female identity formation in Olive Schreiner's The story of an African farm and J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace
(North-West University, 2005)The farm in South Africa is an ideologically laden but also ambivalent concept, associated with pastoral ideals and the hierarchy of the colonial past; but also with fear and insecurity. The representation of the farm in ... -
Ruimte as tema en metafoor in die poësie van Afrikaanse vroulike digters na 1994
(North-West University, 2008)This research focused on the metaphor of space as used by Afrikaans female poets in South Africa in the period 1994-2005, both space as an environment and as an abstract space in which the poets find themselves. In this ... -
Securitisation theory and the securitised university : Europe and the nascent colonisation of global intellectual capital
(AOSIS, 2019)Background: This article explores the increasing prevalence of security themes in higher education policy. Aim: Addressing neglect in security studies on the role of the university in the processes of securitisation, ... -
Die self as 'n hibridiese ander : 'n postkoloniale perspektief op die hoofkarakter in die film District 9
(2014)This dissertation presents an investigation into the identity transformation of the character of Wikus van der Merwe, the protagonist of the film District 9 (2009), from a postcolonial perspective. In the first instance, ...