One character, one bullet : an investigation of the death of character in contemporary South African television drama and the multiplicity of social self as possible means of character revival

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dc.contributor.advisorFleishman, Marken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTriegaardt, Allison Lauraen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-03T18:22:27Z
dc.date.available2015-01-03T18:22:27Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.descriptionTitle on accompanying disc: Zindzien_ZA
dc.description.abstractTelevision drama demands a strong sense of story to sustain a viewer’s engagement, and fictional characters are key dramatic vehicles in story construction, yet it remains an area that is severely neglected in terms of both theory and practice at this time in South Africa. I have discovered that the ‘death’ of the South African television character can be attributed (at least in part) to a unique set of challenges facing practitioners. My aim is to discover if the moribund television character can perhaps be resuscitated through the application of a concept called ‘the multiplicity of social self’, which finds its roots in the discipline of social psychology. This written explication and its accompanying experimental television film, Zindzi, are twin sites from which to consider the death and possible revival of contemporary South African television characters.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationTriegaardt, A. L. (2011). <i>One character, one bullet : an investigation of the death of character in contemporary South African television drama and the multiplicity of social self as possible means of character revival</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11199en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationTriegaardt, Allison Laura. <i>"One character, one bullet : an investigation of the death of character in contemporary South African television drama and the multiplicity of social self as possible means of character revival."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11199en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationTriegaardt, A. 2011. One character, one bullet : an investigation of the death of character in contemporary South African television drama and the multiplicity of social self as possible means of character revival. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Triegaardt, Allison Laura AB - Television drama demands a strong sense of story to sustain a viewer’s engagement, and fictional characters are key dramatic vehicles in story construction, yet it remains an area that is severely neglected in terms of both theory and practice at this time in South Africa. I have discovered that the ‘death’ of the South African television character can be attributed (at least in part) to a unique set of challenges facing practitioners. My aim is to discover if the moribund television character can perhaps be resuscitated through the application of a concept called ‘the multiplicity of social self’, which finds its roots in the discipline of social psychology. This written explication and its accompanying experimental television film, Zindzi, are twin sites from which to consider the death and possible revival of contemporary South African television characters. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - One character, one bullet : an investigation of the death of character in contemporary South African television drama and the multiplicity of social self as possible means of character revival TI - One character, one bullet : an investigation of the death of character in contemporary South African television drama and the multiplicity of social self as possible means of character revival UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11199 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11199
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationTriegaardt AL. One character, one bullet : an investigation of the death of character in contemporary South African television drama and the multiplicity of social self as possible means of character revival. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11199en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Film and Media Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFilm and Television Productionen_ZA
dc.titleOne character, one bullet : an investigation of the death of character in contemporary South African television drama and the multiplicity of social self as possible means of character revivalen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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