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Ebewo, PJ. "Satire: A Shifting Paradigm in Zakes Mda's Dramaturgy." Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2009. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001796.

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Summary Zakes Mda’s dramatic productions extend many frontiers, including polemics. Like some of his Southern African fellow-dramatists, the apartheid plays of Mda lent to the deprivation of the marginalised group a sardonic voice of condemnation that characterised the era. Most of his theatrical events were remarkable as they scanned the sordid worlds of hopelessness, disillusionment, betrayal and degradation. His dramaturgy was mostly wry, coarse and ‘dark’. In his post-apartheid plays, there seems to be a change of gear as the playwright gravitates towards satire – a blend of amusement and

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Van, Vuuren Sonja. "South African satire : a study of Zakes Mda's The Madonna of Excelsior." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16455.

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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis analyses Zakes Mda’s The Madonna of Excelsior from three different points of view, namely post-colonial, feminist and satirical. The latter constitutes the main interpretation of the novel and serves as a link with the other two discourses – the key argument being that satire is not a solipsistic form of art, and thus a satirical text should not be considered on its own, but should rather be interpreted in conjunction with other cultural discourses. This thesis is of the opinion that one needs all three of th

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Dilinga, Siyamthanda Iribagiza. "‘That mountain cannot be beautiful for nothing’: Zakes Mda’s aesthetics of liberation." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70452.

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Zakes Mda is a prominent post-apartheid black South African novelist whose style has been described as experimental. He also wrote plays intended to ‘rally people to action’ during the apartheid years. The changes in the political and social situation in South Africa since 1994 have had significant implications for those writers and artists who produced protest literature and art. The changes in Mda’s own practice and approach to art are themselves quite telling. His experimental novels place him among those African artists pioneering a new chapter for black South African art and the self-refl

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Hagemann, Michael Eric. "Humour as a postcolonial strategy in Zakes Mda's novel, The heart of redness." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&amp.

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This thesis sought to demonstrate that humour and the grotesque are the primary tools by which Mda achieve his postcolonial strategies of &quot<br>writing back&quot<br>, that is, of asserting an identity in the face of colonial pressures, apartheid and the growing selfishness of many in the new, post-democratic South African society.

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Rudolf, Gabriel. "Ways of Dying : The depiction of Life and Death in Zakes Mda's novel." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-10277.

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Abstract This bachelor’s essay focuses on the depictions of life and death in the novel Ways of Dying by Zakes Mda. It claims that the novel is mainly focusing on a concept of life although it is set in a time in South Africa which is filled with death. The theory being used in the essay is mainly the postcolonial theory by Elleke Boehmer regarding terror since her definitions of terror corresponds very well to what is written in the novel. To add to this postcolonial theorist the essay has a feature of the structuralist binaries to enhance the focus upon the dichotomies of Life and Death. The

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Valjee, Kiren. "The rediscovery of South African cultural identity in Zakes Mda's Ways of dying." Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/267/.

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Hoveka, Dineo Ida. "A study of selected themes of protest in Zakes Mda's post-apartheid fiction." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2627.

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Thesis (M.A. (English Studies)) --University of Limpopo, 2009<br>This dissertation examines elements of protest in four of Zakes Mda’s novels, namely, Ways of Dying (1995a), She Plays with the Darkness (1995b), The Heart of Redness (2000), and The Madonna of Excelsior (2002). The elements of protest that are identified and investigated in this study are abuse, betrayal, discrimination, and violence. This study also shows that these elements of protest that are investigated are a result of a lack of integrity and social accountability on the part of government, the civil service, and individ

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Di, Venere Giulia <1993&gt. "The Heart of Redness: an Ecocritical Point of View on Zakes Mda’s South Africa." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/17257.

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The Heart of Redness is one of Zakes Mda’s significant novels of South African contemporary literary production, which explores the interconnection between present and past. Dealing with issues related to environmental and human rights, sustainability and exploitation, the plot of the novel is built on two different temporary level, demonstrating that historical events remain relevant to reflect on many current issues. This thesis examines how literature can contribute in raising awareness on contemporary environmental issues: the first chapter gives a brief historical background of the enviro

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Stinson, Benjamin P. "Understanding how program managers successfully manage innovation in Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) : an exploratory study." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA389412.

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Thackwray, Sarah. "Storytelling and social commentary in a comparison of Zakes Mda's Ways of Dying (1995) and Black Diamond (2009)." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/7149.

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In a comparison of two novels, Ways of Dying (1995) and Black Diamond (2009), this dissertation examines Zakes Mda's ongoing use of fiction in presenting incisive social commentary in the post-apartheid literary context. Mda's debut novel is a complex magic realist tale of Toloki, the professional mourner, who journeys from the village to the urban township. It is markedly different from his post-millennial satire, which invokes the social realist form, constructing a rapidly unfolding plot of urban gangsters, crime and sex, in which the characters are more representational than well-developed

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Goerl, Alexandra P. "An examination of a typology of intimate partner psychological aggression using the multi-dimensional emotional abuse scale (MDEAS)." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2534.

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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.<br>Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Family Studies. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Makgato, Kgokologa Saltiel. "The portrayal of sexual abuse in Zakes Mda's the Madonna of Excelsior and J. M. Coetzee's disgrace : a comparative study." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2448.

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Thesis (M.A.(English) --University of Limpopo, 2010.<br>This dissertation examines the way in which two South African novelists, Zakes Mda and J.M. Coetzee, portray the sexual abuse of women during the apartheid and post-apartheid eras. The two selected novels used in this research are The Madonna of Excelsior (2002) by Mda and Disgrace (2000) by Coetzee. The research, furthermore, analyses the attitudes of the sexual abusers and their victims in both eras as well as examines the effects of socio-economic imbalances that might have prompted the men to sexually abuse women whom they

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Luke, Andrea [Verfasser]. "Erweiterung der Berechnungsgrundlagen für Mehrphasenpumpen auf MDA's in Leitungsnetzwerken zur Gewinnung von Kohlenwasserstoffen Subsea, on- und offshore unter Berücksichtigung des bedarfsgerechten Transports / Andrea Luke." München : Verlag Dr. Hut, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1174425989/34.

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Xavier, Adelmo de Souza. "POR UMA EDUCAÇÃO LINGUÍSTICA ETNICAMENTE SENSÍVEL: PRODUÇÃO E APLICAÇÃO DE MATERIAIS DIDÁTICOS DE INGLÊS EM TURMAS DE AFROBRASILEIROS." Instituto de Letras, 2009. http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/27528.

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Ngara, Kudzayi Munyaradzi. "Imagining the real-magical realism as a post-colonial strategy for narration of the self in Zakes Mda's Ways of dying and the Madonna of Excelsior." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_9422_1254822217.

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<p>The thesis examines the role of magical realism as a postcolonial trope in Ways of Dying and The Madonna of Excelsior. It begins by stating that the author uses magical realism as an alternative strategy for self narration in the face of the dominant ideologies of colonialism (apartheid) and nationalism. Chapter One examines the absurd taxonomies of colour that were legislated under apartheid in South Africa and, using ideas of postcolonial deconstruction, locate Toloki and Niki as characters in existing in incongrous circumstances. Chapter Two shows the strategies adopted by Toloki to fash

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GELAS, PASCALE. "Mise en evidence d'une nouvelle voie de transduction du signal dans le neutrophile humain : la phospholipase d specifique mdes phosphatidylcholines. correlation avec la production d'ions superoxydes." Toulouse 3, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991TOU30069.

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Soriano, Fabiano Rodrigues. "Identificação dos fatores críticos para a aplicação de técnicas multivariadas em projetos Seis Sigma : estudo de casos." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2012. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/3689.

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Kgoshiadira, Pitsi Rebeccah. "Female subversion in Zakes Mda's novel, The Madonna of Excelsior." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1659.

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Thesis (M.A. (English Studies)) -- University of Limpopo, 2015<br>This dissertation examines different modes of female subversion in the novel, The Madonna of Excelsior (2002) by Zakes Mda. Using feminist theory, the study explores how women in the novel transgress apartheid laws and how they use existing discriminatory laws to their own advantage. In addition, it illustrates how these women rise above those existing laws to establish their own subjectivity and independence. The Madonna of Excelsior is a novel set in apartheid South Africa where laws prohibiting sexual relationships between w

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Ntuli, Zanele Nonhlanhla. "Gender and dramatic discourse with reference to Zakes Mda's selected plays." Diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26234.

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Text in English, Tswana and siSwati<br>This dissertation examines the multiplicity of social positions within which African women in the postcolonial era find themselves. It focuses on how the dramatic dialogue depicts the positions of women in Zakes Mda’sThe Nun’s Romantic Story, And the Girls in their Sunday Dresses and You Fool, How can the Sky Fall. The study is intended to explore the dramatic dialogue in these plays and to show whether there is any evidence of change in women’s positions. It seeks to demonstrate the extent to which the positions of women have changed and also how

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Huang, Chen-Hai, and 黃振海. "The study of determinants of Chunghwa Telecom mDAS system success." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11786785204701468571.

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碩士<br>開南大學<br>資訊及電子商務學系<br>98<br>The Delone & Mclean IS success model and technology acceptance theory with additional variable：sense of accomplishment were used as a theoretical foundation to study the determinants of mobile Dispatch Access System (mDAS) success introduced by Chunghwa telecom. The model was tested with a survey of mDAS user of Chunghwa telecom. The analysis results showed that content quality and system quality of mDAS have a significant influence on perceived usefulness, which in turn affect usage and satisfaction. Subjective norm was also shown to have a direct and/or indir

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Birama, Prosper Ndayi. "African Traditional Culture and modernity in Zakes Mda's The heart of redness." Thesis, 2008. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_1209_1260524619.

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<p>&nbsp<br></p> <p>&nbsp<br></p> <p align="left">In my thesis entitled &lsquo<br>African Tradition and Modernity in Zakes Mda&rsquo<br>s <i><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The Heart of Redness&rsquo<br></font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">, I analyze the way Western modernity and African traditions interact in Mda&rsquo<br>s novel. I suggest that both modernity and tradition interact to produce a hybrid culture. This will become apparent in my analysis of the way Mda depicts the cattlekilling epis

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Birama, Prosper Ndayi. "African traditional culture and modernity in Zakes Mda’s the heart of redness." 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3641.

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Masters of Art<br>In my thesis entitled ‘African Tradition and Modernity in Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness’, I analyze the way Western modernity and African traditions interact in Mda’s novel. I suggest that both modernity and tradition interact to produce a hybrid culture. This will become apparent in my analysis of the way Mda depicts the cattlekilling episode and the effects of Nongqawuse’s prophecy, and also in the novel’s contemporary characters. Mda shows the development of an African modernity through the semi-autobiographical figure of Camagu who is not slavishly indebted to Wester

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Valjee, Kiren M. "The Rediscovery of South African Cultural Identity in Zakes Mda's Ways of Dying." 2009. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/267.

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Since the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 and his subsequent election to the presidency in 1994, South Africa certainly has not achieved the hopes and dreams of its people or for the rest of the continent. But despite bleak conditions, there are many who still have hope for their country. One of those people is Zakes Mda, and his hope is reflected in his novels. Yet, his novels remain complex. They do not provide all-encompassing solutions or answers to the problems that face the nation. But they do address questions with possibilities, suggestions, and innovation. The South Africa he create

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Mtheku, Raphael Vikinduku. "The examination of Zakes Mda's The Heart of Redness (2000) within a historical context." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10405.

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Bheamadu, Nalini. "Magic realism and images of the transition of Zakes Mda's Ways of dying (1995)." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10425.

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Jia, Zhang, and 張珈. "Using mobile digital armillary sphere (MDAS) in astronomical observation of primary school students." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73313033636178492132.

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碩士<br>國立臺灣師範大學<br>資訊教育學系<br>98<br>Astronomical observation has been difficult to improve the teaching of the curriculum implementation, but also elementary school children was generally one of the most difficult element of learning (姜滿，1997).Astronomical observations rely on the experience of practice in order to combine the formation of self-concept of students, while the experience of the implementation but with the current system of elementary education in conflict with each other. The study concludes that a small astronomical observatory of teaching abroad Loss and difficulties to be solve

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Naidoo, Venugopaul. "Magic realism in Zakes Mda's Ways of Dying (1995) and She Plays with the Darkness (1995)." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8599.

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I shall argue in this thesis that Zakes Mda's novels Ways of Dying (l995a) and She Plays with the Darkness (1995b) are magic realist texts that are representative of the hybrid nature of this literary mode. Furthermore I shall demonstrate that Ways of Dying (l995a) and She Plays with the Darkness (1995b) share common elements with a variety of magic realist texts. Mda's own creative and literary consciousness has been shaped by an intellectual background stemming from tertiary education at Ph.D level, his teaching positions at various international universities, and his knowledge of African fo

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Foster, Sue-Ann Anita. "Violence,fantasy,memory and testimony in MDA's ways of dying and she plays with the darkness." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/2015.

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Student Number : 0401052V - MA research report - School of Literature and Language Studies - Faculty of Humanities<br>This research report analyzes the representation of violence in Zakes Mda’s Ways of Dying and She Plays with the Darkness. Ways of Dying questions whether social stability and democracy would be fully realized in post-apartheid South Africa as is predicted in Black South African literature written between 1970 and 1994. Mda’s disillusionment is shown in his examination of undemocratic and violent practices committed within the liberation movement against the oppressed a

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Qokela, Nontsikelelo Primrose. "Perspectives on female characters in D.P.S. Monyaise's Ngaka, Mosadi Mooka and Zakes Mda's Black diamond / Nontsikelelo Primrose Qokela." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/13409.

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In this study, D.P.S. Monyaise’s Ngaka, Mosadi Mooka and Zakes Mda’s Black Diamond are analysed in relation to narrative perspectives on female characters. The main aim of this study is to show how cultural narrative perspectives apply in the comparative study in Ngaka, Mosadi Mooka and Black Diamond, to determine how female characters, particularly Diarona in Ngaka, Mosadi Mooka and Tumi in Black Diamond, are portrayed. The argument maintained in this study is that, although Monyaise in his Ngaka, Mosadi Mooka gives his female characters an exceptionally strong voice, the social and literary

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Saccaggi, Carolina Francesca. "The reinvention of historical discourse in Zakes Mda's The heart of redness and Mike Nicol's This day and age." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/5867.

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Post-apartheid South African fiction has been the subject of much heated debate. One specific aspect of this debate has revolved around the role of history in this fiction. This is linked to general concerns in the country around ways of understanding history, especially in relation to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s research into the past. Tracing the lines of debate which emerged out of the discussions around the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this research report focuses on the way history is presented in two novels from the post-apartheid period. These novels are This

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Makgato, Kgokologa Saltiel. "The portrayal of sexual abuse in Zakes Mda's The Madonna of Excelsior and J.M. Coetzee's disgrace: : a comparative study." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2269.

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Thesis (M.A. (English) -- University of Limpopo, 2010<br>This dissertation examines the way in which two South African novelists, Zakes Mda and J.M. Coetzee, portray the sexual abuse of women during the apartheid and post-apartheid eras. The two selected novels used in this research are The Madonna of Excelsior (2002) by Mda and Disgrace (2000) by Coetzee. The research, furthermore, analyses the attitudes of the sexual abusers and their victims in both eras as well as examines the effects of socio-economic imbalances that might have prompted the men to sexually abuse women whom they should be

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Lei, Jing, and 雷靜. "Translinguality as Code-switching or Code-meshing?: An Inter-objective Analysis of Figuration and Identity in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide and Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/z6py5m.

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博士<br>淡江大學<br>英文學系博士班<br>106<br>This dissertation will explore novels written in the post-colonial period from code-meshing perspective under a theme of translinguality, as that phenomenon reveals figurative paths of communication and indigenous identity. I try to redefine the notion of “translingual novel,” which is filled with a variety of translingual practices and whose author is a transnational or those bilinguals/pluri-linguals. This group of people has a chance to observe the world with their in-between lens. The “translingual novel” in the contemporary era, should be those fictions con

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