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1	The poesis of decay : a painter's response to the dystopian aesthetic De Jager, Thea Laurette January 2019 (has links) This study focuses on the investigation and deconstruction of the phenomena of the South African dystopian society, as reflected in the novels of Lauren Beukes and films by Neill Blomkamp. The characteristics and signifiers of a uniquely South African dystopian society are established and investigated through a posthuman lens. The theoretical framework of this study is principally concerned with the critical posthuman writings of Rosi Braidotti, Donna Haraway and, to a lesser extent, Cary Wolfe. Feminism and post-colonialism, and their influences on posthuman theory, are applied as the secondary theoretical framework, in this study. The study is practice led, with the study of the literature serving as mutually informative to the execution of a body of work centred on the dystopian theme. The paintings are intended to be metonyms for the wide range of manifestations of social decline evident in contemporary South African narratives. / Arts and Music / M.A. (Visual Arts) Avarice Beukes (Lauren) Blomkamp (Neill) Contemporary painting Decay Dystopia Feminism Identity Post-colonialism Posthumanism South Africa 809.93372 Dystopias in literature Dystopias -- In art Beukes, Lauren -- Themes, motives Blomkamp, Neil, 1979- -- Themes, motives Braidotti, Rosi -- Themes, motives Avarice in literature Avarice in motion pictures