Browsing by Subject "Postmodernisme"
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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 ... -
'n Hermeneuties–empiriese strategie rakende die verskynsel van kerkkrimping in tradisioneel Afrikaanse susterkerke in Suid–Afrika : 'n prakties–teologiese studie
(North-West University, 2010)The phenomenon of the decline in numbers in traditionally Afrikaans “sister churches” - in the midst of the complex South African society of the first decade of the 21st century - was researched in the light of the command ... -
A missiological study into the need and importance for Reformed Baptists to engage in deliberate Biblical contextualisation in urban, post-modern South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Postmodernism and urbanisation pose significant challenges and opportunities to Christian witness in the West. In South Africa, Reformed Baptists are battling to engage with and reach new generations with the Gospel. While ... -
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 ... -
Paul Auster's representation of invisible characters in selected novels
(North-West University, 2012)In this dissertation I argue that invisible characters, as they appear in Paul Auster’s novels, serve a very specific function within the interpretative framework of a text and that they should be considered to play a ... -
Postmodernism and the need for story and promise: how Robert Jenson's theology addresses some postmodern challenges to faith
(Fakulteit Teologie, Universiteit van die Vrystaat, 2012)Modernity's belief that we live in a narratable world (a world with a story) and its confidence in progress (a world with a promise), are terminated by postmodernism's insights. This is how the American Lutheran theologian ... -
Sola scriptura : die Skrifbeskouing in die Gereformeerde Kerke van Suid–Afrika sedert 1959 : 'n dogmaties–historiese ondersoek
(North-West University, 2011)In the history of the Reformed Churches of South Africa (RCSA) great emphisis was placed on the notion to make decisions on the basis, and in accordance to the Scriptures. In spite of this notion, the church community of ... -
The trickster in postmodern literature with special reference to Peter Carey's novel Illywhacker
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)Peter Carey’s novel Illywhacker (1985) contains an example of an Australian trickster figure, who serves as a model of the trickster’s continual appearance in contemporary literature as a vehicle for the shadow archetype ...