Flying in the face of convention: The heart of redness as rehabilitative of the South African pastoral literary tradition through the frame of universal myth

Magister Artium - MA === This thesis analyzed Zakes Mda's The Heart of redness in the tradition of South African pastoral and counter-pastoral. It proposed that the novel is a hybrid of both African and European tradition and perspectives. It adduced Northrop Frye's theory of myth and arch...

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Main Author: Jacobs, Anthony Richard
Other Authors: Merrington, Peter
Language:en
Published: University of the Western Cape 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1493
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spelling ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uwc-oai-etd.uwc.ac.za-11394-14932019-02-12T04:40:31Z Flying in the face of convention: The heart of redness as rehabilitative of the South African pastoral literary tradition through the frame of universal myth Jacobs, Anthony Richard Merrington, Peter Faculty of Arts Pastoral literature History and criticism Irony in literature Zakes Mda Magister Artium - MA This thesis analyzed Zakes Mda's The Heart of redness in the tradition of South African pastoral and counter-pastoral. It proposed that the novel is a hybrid of both African and European tradition and perspectives. It adduced Northrop Frye's theory of myth and archetypes in literature as a basis for study. It also analysed the novel in its use of irony. South Africa 2013-06-19T13:11:28Z 2007/03/30 09:02 2007/03/30 2013-06-19T13:11:28Z 2005 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1493 en University of the Western Cape University of the Western Cape
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topic Pastoral literature
History and criticism
Irony in literature
Zakes Mda
spellingShingle Pastoral literature
History and criticism
Irony in literature
Zakes Mda
Jacobs, Anthony Richard
Flying in the face of convention: The heart of redness as rehabilitative of the South African pastoral literary tradition through the frame of universal myth
description Magister Artium - MA === This thesis analyzed Zakes Mda's The Heart of redness in the tradition of South African pastoral and counter-pastoral. It proposed that the novel is a hybrid of both African and European tradition and perspectives. It adduced Northrop Frye's theory of myth and archetypes in literature as a basis for study. It also analysed the novel in its use of irony. === South Africa
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title Flying in the face of convention: The heart of redness as rehabilitative of the South African pastoral literary tradition through the frame of universal myth
title_short Flying in the face of convention: The heart of redness as rehabilitative of the South African pastoral literary tradition through the frame of universal myth
title_full Flying in the face of convention: The heart of redness as rehabilitative of the South African pastoral literary tradition through the frame of universal myth
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