A gift of stones

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dc.contributor.authorO'Toole, Sean Wen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-15T10:10:02Z
dc.date.available2015-09-15T10:10:02Z
dc.date.issued2005en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 214-215).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractA collection of eleven short stories, grouped under the tit A Gift Stones. The key thematic concern is the portrayal of dysfunctional individuals contemplating loss. The author offers a definition of his understanding of dysfunctional in the introduction, and further elaborates on the concept of documentary realism. The author proposes the expression “Boer humour†as shorthand for a stylistic drift in recent South African fiction. The deficiencies of journalism apropos prose fiction are discussed, and the author also considers the influence of photography on his prose fiction.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationO'Toole, S. W. (2005). <i>A gift of stones</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13934en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationO'Toole, Sean W. <i>"A gift of stones."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13934en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationO'Toole, S. 2005. A gift of stones. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - O'Toole, Sean W AB - A collection of eleven short stories, grouped under the tit A Gift Stones. The key thematic concern is the portrayal of dysfunctional individuals contemplating loss. The author offers a definition of his understanding of dysfunctional in the introduction, and further elaborates on the concept of documentary realism. The author proposes the expression “Boer humour†as shorthand for a stylistic drift in recent South African fiction. The deficiencies of journalism apropos prose fiction are discussed, and the author also considers the influence of photography on his prose fiction. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - A gift of stones TI - A gift of stones UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13934 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13934
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationO'Toole SW. A gift of stones. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13934en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherCreative Writingen_ZA
dc.titleA gift of stonesen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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