Browsing Humanities by Subject "Liminality"
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Artis bene moriendi, voorskrifte & tekeninge vir 'n goeie dood : Memorandum : 'n verhaal met skilderye
(North-West University, 2009)This dissertation attempts to research the construction of meaning through the analysis and interpretation of the multi-textual novel Memorandum: 'n verhaal met skilderve by Marlene van Niekerk and Adriaan van Zyl. Memorandum ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Die herskryf van die roman Die swye van Mario Salviati van Etienne van Heerden as 'n draaiboek, met spesifieke fokus op identiteit, hibriditeit en liminaliteit
(North-West University, 2007)This study explores the possibilities of rewriting the text of a complex novel as a film script. Film is an important contemporary artform but the actuality of the thematic content of contemporary Afrikaans novels is not ... -
Landskapskildering as ver-beeld-ing van die liminale in geselekteerde werke van Pauline Gutter
(2014)This dissertation presents an investigation into three works by the South African artist Pauline Gutter (b. 1980) that were originally shown in her exhibition Opslag (2008) [this title is almost impossible to translate; ... -
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 ... -
Mistiek in Ingrid Winterbach se 'Durban-drieluik'
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)In hierdie studie word ondersoek ingestel na die verskillende vergestaltings van mistiek en meer spesifiek die mistieke ervarings in die Durban-drieluik van Ingrid Winterbach. Aandag word gegee aan die rol wat mistieke ... -
Paul Auster's representation of invisible characters in selected novels
(North-West University, 2012)In this dissertation I argue that invisible characters, as they appear in Paul Auster’s novels, serve a very specific function within the interpretative framework of a text and that they should be considered to play a ... -
The (re)imagined self in Leora Farber’s series Dis-Location/Re-Location (2004-2007)
(North-West University, 2018)This research investigates how contemporary South African artist Leora Farber’s manipulated photographic series Dis-Location/Re-Location (2004-2007) visually articulates a simulacral settler-colonial narrative. More ... -
Die rol van ruimte in Afrikaanse spookstories
(North-West University, 2008)This study investigates the functions of space in the Afrikaans ghost story. The aim of this study is to form an overall understanding of the functions of space in the Afrikaans ghost story, and also to promp further ...