D.B.Z. Ntuli's Radio Trilogy: Agreements - Softcover

Maphumulo, Abednego Mandlenkosi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3848412853 ISBN 13: 9783848412853

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

In A Study of DBZ Ntuli’s Radio Trilogy :Isivumelwano, Isivumelwano Esisha and Ngenxa Yesivumelwano, Abednego Mandlenkosi Maphumulo breaks new ground by integrating skilfully structuralism, reader response, reception theory, didascalia, intertextuality and the historical – biographical approach, in devising a practical method for the analysis of Ntuli’s radio trilogy. Embracing a Eurocentric theory with an African text is in itself an arduous task, but mastering the language of criticism that even the best of critics does not understand is beyond one’s imagination. Both these epitomize Maphumulo’s exceptional insight in delineating these dramatic works. Furthermore, using theoretical discourse superbly, he portrays Ntuli as has been a microcosm of the accumulated expressions of not only his society but also South Africa as a whole. In this study an admirably high standard is being set for all students in African literature.

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About the Author:

Abednego Mandlenkosi Maphumulo is a professor of IsiZulu Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has taught IsiZulu since 1984 at Universities of Zululand and Pretoria. He is interested in both modern and traditional Zulu literature. He is a member of various organisations and has published a number of literary works.

About this edition

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 3848412853
• ISBN 13: 9783848412853
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352