Browsing by Author "Sienaert, Edgard"

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    Function and meaning of metamorphosis in the Lais of Marie de France
    (2007) Van Heerden, Helga Dieta; Chandler, Clive; Sienaert, Edgard
    The primary object of this dissertation is to explore the concept and the manifestations of Metamorphosis, with special reference to the Lais of Marie de France. In Chapter 1 the all-pervasive nature of Metamorphosis is examined. Attention is focused on the fact that Metamorphosis occurs in all spheres: it may be seen in Nature, in physical development and in many less visible forms such as emotional, attitudinal and moral transformations and transgressions in which it plays a fundamental role. Chapter 2 focuses on the Twelfth Century Renaissance. This chapter serves to emphasize a further aspect of Metamorphosis, that of social change and intellectual development. It thus situates Marie de France in a historical context and clarifies the Zeitgeist to which she was exposed, which influenced her writing and which she in turn influenced. In Chapter 3 I analyze the individual Lais. Marie de France's approach to her material is that her interest lies in the exploration of the emotional, spiritual, moral and attitudinal Metamorphosis which her characters undergo. The analysis reveals the beginnings of a change in genre. A further Metamorphosis of these tales becomes evident when an addition is made to the purely anecdotal material: the authoress adds a Christian dimension and inserts a subtle moral message. In Chapter 4 the findings of the analyses of the individual lais are grouped in order to gain a more precise understanding of the kind of Metamorphosis the various topoi have undergone in the course of the tale. Chapter 5 is devoted to the elucidation of the narratological Metamorphosis the traditional tales undergo in the process.
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    Sémiotique de la bande dessinée et apprentissage du Français
    (2005) Dekoke, Taty Mbaki; Sienaert, Edgard
    The title of this master's research is “semiotics of comic strips and French didactics”. It is about the use of comic strips in French teaching. The French people have a long story of comic strips that they can share with the South Africans for the teaching and learning of French as foreign language. I want to prove that comic strips are important for the teaching and learning of French, as foreign language. Foreign language teaching requires many methodologies from the teacher. Those skills and methodologies enable him/her to identify the needs of the learners and to teach them in the best possible ways. Cape Town is the field of my investigations because of its multilingualism. Most of South Africans can speak a first or/and a second language, French can only be a third language. So as teachers, our teachingmethods must vary according to the learners' knowledge or absence of knowledge of French. For a better understanding of the French language, we cannot use the same methods and approaches for those two groups of learners, given that South African learners are going to use English as their educational language. To this end, I went to investigate some learners at their schools to find out the way French has been taught. I also wanted to know their views on the use of comic strips in the French class. There are two groups of learners, those who knew comic strips before I arrived at their schools and those who only knew comic strips because of my. I asked their teachers' views on the use of comic strips as material. Some use comics strips and some do not use. Learners and teachers were asked why they did or didnot use comic strips in class. Comic strips put together image and text.