A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English

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dc.contributor.advisorSatyo, Sizwe Cen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMdaka, Sibizwa Solomzien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-02T09:23:16Z
dc.date.available2015-01-02T09:23:16Z
dc.date.issued2002en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAlthough 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.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMdaka, S. S. (2002). <i>A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Languages and Literatures. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11033en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMdaka, Sibizwa Solomzi. <i>"A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Languages and Literatures, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11033en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMdaka, S. 2002. A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mdaka, Sibizwa Solomzi AB - 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. DA - 2002 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2002 T1 - A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English TI - A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11033 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11033
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMdaka SS. A comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in English. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Languages and Literatures, 2002 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11033en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Languages and Literaturesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleA comparative study of ideology and aesthetics in the novels of selected South African isiXhosa-language writers and Kenyan African authors in Englishen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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