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11	Internal dialogues: Construction of the self in The Woman Warrior Modzelewski, Ann Shirley 01 January 2003 (has links) This thesis considers past autobiographical theory and questions whether it addresses the autobiography of the female writer. Autobiographies of Harriet Jacobs, Margaret Sanger, and Maxine Hong Kingston are examined to reveal their polyvocality, use of the autobiographical "I", and rhetorical strategies maintained in order to create a close relationship with the reader. Particular attention is paid to Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of dialogism and Sidonie Smith's autobiographical "I." Bakhtin M M (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich) 1895-1975 Sanger Margaret 1879-1966 Jacobs Harriet A (Harriet Ann) 1813-1897 Kingston Maxine Hong Smith Sidonie Women's studies -- Biographical methods Autobiography -- Women authors Biography -- 20th century English language -- Rhetoric American Literature Rhetoric
12	A story that would (O)therwise not have been told Alexander, Pauline Ingrid 28 February 2004 (has links) My mini-dissertation gives the autobiography of Talent Nyathi, who was born in rural Zimbabwe in 1961. Talent was unwillingly conscripted into the Zimbabwean Liberation Struggle. On her return to Zimbabwe, she has worked tirelessly for the education of her compatriots. Talent's story casts light on subject-formation in conditions of difficulty, suffering and victimization. Doubly oppressed by her race and gender, Talent has nevertheless shown a remarkable capacity for self-empowerment and the empowerment of others. Her story needs to be heard because it will inspire other women and other S/subjects and because it is a corrective to both the notions of a heroic Struggle and the `victim' stereotype of Africa. Together with Talent's autobiography, my mini-dissertation offers extensive notes that situate her life story in the context of contemporary postcolonial, literary and gender theory and further draws out the significance of her individual `history-from-below'. / English Studies / M.A. Literacy Self-empowerment Victimization Teenage-conscript Postcolonial Rhodesia-Zimbabwe Girl-child Blackness Subject-formation 823.914 Autobiography -- Women authors Gender identity -- Zimbabwe Guerrillas -- Zimbabwe -- Fiction Revolutionaries -- Zimbabwe -- Biography Women -- Zimbabwe -- Social conditions ZANU-PF (Organization : Zimbabwe) Women's rights -- Zimbabwe Women and war -- Zimbabwe Nyathi,Talent
13	A story that would (O)therwise not have been told Alexander, Pauline Ingrid 28 February 2004 (has links) My mini-dissertation gives the autobiography of Talent Nyathi, who was born in rural Zimbabwe in 1961. Talent was unwillingly conscripted into the Zimbabwean Liberation Struggle. On her return to Zimbabwe, she has worked tirelessly for the education of her compatriots. Talent's story casts light on subject-formation in conditions of difficulty, suffering and victimization. Doubly oppressed by her race and gender, Talent has nevertheless shown a remarkable capacity for self-empowerment and the empowerment of others. Her story needs to be heard because it will inspire other women and other S/subjects and because it is a corrective to both the notions of a heroic Struggle and the `victim' stereotype of Africa. Together with Talent's autobiography, my mini-dissertation offers extensive notes that situate her life story in the context of contemporary postcolonial, literary and gender theory and further draws out the significance of her individual `history-from-below'. / English Studies / M.A. Literacy Self-empowerment Victimization Teenage-conscript Postcolonial Rhodesia-Zimbabwe Girl-child Blackness Subject-formation 823.914 Autobiography -- Women authors Gender identity -- Zimbabwe Guerrillas -- Zimbabwe -- Fiction Revolutionaries -- Zimbabwe -- Biography Women -- Zimbabwe -- Social conditions ZANU-PF (Organization : Zimbabwe) Women's rights -- Zimbabwe Women and war -- Zimbabwe Nyathi,Talent
14	Die vrou as outobiograaf: die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks Nortje, Sandra 30 June 2007 (has links) This dissertation is a report on a study about autobiography as genre, focusing on the voice of the white, Afrikaans-speaking woman. The point of departure for this study was a survey of the number of autobiographies written in Afrikaans by these women. With the focus on the limited number of such autobiographies three autobiographies were studied, namely, Met die Boere in die veld (Sarah Raal), My beskeie deel (M.E.R.) and 'n Wonderlike geweld (Elsa Joubert). Within the framework of the complexity systems theory the role of the observer (author/reader) was studied to determine the possibility of demonstrating that when reading/writing an autobiography, some epistemological changes may occur, manifesting as conceptual changes in the mind of the observer. It could be demonstrated that because of women's sensitivity to interpersonal relationships they are capable of acting as unique registers of the complexity of individual existence, while remaining aware of the constant influence, effect and needs of the other. / AFRIKAANS & THEORY OF LIT / MA (AFRIKAANS) Complexity systems theory reading strategy conceptual shifting linear conclusion autobiography Afrikaans-speaking women epistemological literary theory perspective observer Sarah Raal M.E.R. Elsa Joubert 839.3630099287 Raal, Sarah -- Met die Boere in die veld Joubert, Elsa -- Wonderlike geweld Autobiography -- Women authors Reader-response criticism --South Africa System theory in literature
15	Die vrou as outobiograaf: die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks Nortje, Sandra 30 June 2007 (has links) This dissertation is a report on a study about autobiography as genre, focusing on the voice of the white, Afrikaans-speaking woman. The point of departure for this study was a survey of the number of autobiographies written in Afrikaans by these women. With the focus on the limited number of such autobiographies three autobiographies were studied, namely, Met die Boere in die veld (Sarah Raal), My beskeie deel (M.E.R.) and 'n Wonderlike geweld (Elsa Joubert). Within the framework of the complexity systems theory the role of the observer (author/reader) was studied to determine the possibility of demonstrating that when reading/writing an autobiography, some epistemological changes may occur, manifesting as conceptual changes in the mind of the observer. It could be demonstrated that because of women's sensitivity to interpersonal relationships they are capable of acting as unique registers of the complexity of individual existence, while remaining aware of the constant influence, effect and needs of the other. / AFRIKAANS and THEORY OF LIT / MA (AFRIKAANS) Complexity systems theory reading strategy conceptual shifting linear conclusion autobiography Afrikaans-speaking women epistemological literary theory perspective observer Sarah Raal M.E.R. Elsa Joubert 839.3630099287 Raal, Sarah -- Met die Boere in die veld Joubert, Elsa -- Wonderlike geweld Autobiography -- Women authors Reader-response criticism --South Africa System theory in literature

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