Browsing Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (English) by Author "Moolla, Fiona"
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The buried chameleon: A novel and critical reflective essay
Fick, Cornelia Elizabeth (University of the Western Cape, 2022)The critical-reflective component of the novel The Buried Chameleon explores the background to the writing of the novel, how I conducted my research, the challenges of writing a historical and contemporary dual narrative, ... -
Childhoods dis-ordered: Non-realist narrative modes in selected post-2000 West African war novels
Addei, Cecilia (University of the Western Cape, 2017)This study explores how selected West African war novels employ non-realist narrative modes to portray disruptions in the child’s development into adulthood. The novels considered are Chris Abani’s Song for Night (2007), ... -
Eros and politics: Love and its discontents in the fiction of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Annin, Felicia (University of the Western Cape, 2020)In this study I focus on how Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s fiction portrays his socio-political vision through the prevalence of the intimate relationships it displays. The study critically analyses the significant role romantic ... -
Place, space and patriarchal femininities in selected contemporary novels by African women writers
Steenkamp, Lize-Maree (University of the Western Cape, 2019)In much feminist literature, women’s spaces are analysed as constructive and supportive sites that may offer respite from patriarchy. However, women’s spaces are not inherently emancipatory. Through the socio-spatial ... -
Zimbabwe/Rhodesia writing home: Space, place, mobility and diasporic identity in selected novels
Phepheng, Maruping (University of Western Cape, 2021)This thesis examines how “unhomeliness” in a Zimbabwean context enjoins mobility and the diasporic particularities that manifest as subjects move back and forth in a homemaking journey between the country-side and the ...