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A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English
Includes bibliography.
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2015
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| author | Mdaka, Sibizwa Solomzi |
| author2 | Satyo, Sizwe C |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11033 A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English Mdaka, Sibizwa Solomzi Satyo, Sizwe C Includes bibliography. Although scholars such as Gerard (1981) and Perera (1991) have long been advocating the creation and adoption of a comparative methodology for the study of African literature, little scholarly effort has thus far been exerted to establish such a methodology. This study aims to make a small contribution in this direction by elaborating an appropriate comparative method and demonstrating its efficacy by applying it in the comparative assessment of ideology and aesthetics in South African isiXhosa-language novels and Kenyan African novels in English. The authors chosen for this purpose are Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Meja Mwangi from Kenya, and A.C. Jordan, P.T. Mtuze and R Siyongwana from South Africa. The methodology is grounded in the materialist ideological analysis of the Marxist theorist Frederic Jameson. It incorporates a strong emphasis on characterisation and rhetoric, drawing on Classical European and African oral tradition. In eschewing altogether the modernist and postmodernist European literary paradigms, it seeks to synthesize a critical approach consonant with certain core principles of African culture, including a respect for the heroic idiom and a firm belief in the ethical and socially instructive value of art. 2015-01-02T09:23:16Z 2015-01-02T09:23:16Z 2002 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11033 eng application/pdf School of Languages and Literatures Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Mdaka, Sibizwa Solomzi A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English |
| title_full | A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English |
| title_fullStr | A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English |
| title_short | A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English |
| title_sort | comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected south african isixhosa language writers and kenyan african authors in english |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11033 |
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