Browsing Humanities by Subject "Postmodernism"
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The articulation of context and identity in U–Carmen eKhayelitsha
(North-West University, 2012)The primary focus of this qualitative research project is on the articulation of contexts and identity in operatic texts. In literature, postmodern appropriations and re-writings of classic nineteenth-century texts have ... -
Castaways and colonists from Crusoe to Coetzee
(North-West University, 2012)Generic transformation of the castaway novel is made evident by the various ways in which the narrative boundaries that separate fiction from reality and history, the past from the present, and the rational from the ... -
The convergence of sacred and- secular space in selected postmodern novels
(2014)This dissertation focuses on the return and revitalization of traditional Christian themes in contemporary postmodern novels. It offers an examination of how these themes materialize in novels written by writers who are ... -
Facilitating a co-constructed learning environment for caregivers in social gerontology : applying the 'Ripples on a pond' model
(North-West University, 2010)Populations are growing worldwide and many governments, including the South African government, are failing to implement training programmes for caregivers of older persons. Educational opportunities in gerontology are ... -
Fokalisasie en enkele Afrikaanse prosatekste : 'n vergelyking tussen ouer Afrikaanse en postmodernistiese tekste
(1998)Focalization in Postmodernist texts has not yet been exclusively dealt with in a study like this. This study is therefore aimed at investigating focalization from the period characterised as Old Afrikaans Prose up to the ... -
The formation and transformation of identity in the novel and film of Great expectations by Charles Dickens
(North-West University, 2008)The research done in this study was motivated by the notion that individuals (or societies) create their own reality through the specific space they occupy at a certain moment in time. This concept of reality implies an ... -
An investigation to explore the impact of construction of reality on motivation in the industry : a narrative investigation
(Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2001)The objective of this research study is to attempt to determine whether the realities or life-stories that successful' employees construct with input from both their cultures of origin (external culture) and the organisational ... -
Notes towards a metamodernist aesthetic with reference to post-millennial literary works
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)This study draws on discussions of post-millennial literary fiction to investigate the emerging body of critical theory about the passing of postmodernism and the formulation of what comes after, designated "metamodernism". ... -
Die outobiografiese in Antjie Krog se gedigte en 'n Ander tongval
(North-West University, 2009)It is evident in Antjie Krog's oeuvre that autobiographical aspects and themes play an important role in her work, and that such aspects are in fact characteristic of all her work. In this study the relation between the ... -
Palimpsestic writing and crossing textual boundaries in selected novels by A.S. Byatt
(2014)This dissertation examines three novels by the author and critic A.S. Byatt, namely Possession (1990), Babel Tower (1996) and The Biographer’s Tale (2000), using a hermeneutic method of analysis. The investigation pays ...