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This study is an analysis of Raditladi’s poetry with special emphasis on three aspects, namely, social, cultural and the historical perspectives. Raditladi blends indigenous African and Western influenced themes and forms to portray the common and shared ethos, beliefs and practices of the Batswana. He depicts artistic and edifying mechanisms of his people’s culture in remarkable styles. In addition to containing history and historical figures, his poetry also addresses social issues that are of particular significance to Africans who for so long have negotiated and navigated a world of contrasting social norms and values. For example, Selelo sa morati or a ‘A Lover’s Lament’ highlights the tensions and conflict between traditional, Batswana versus modern, Western practices of love and marriage. The poem also raises the deep-seated problem of tribalism, and by extension, racism. In the poem, an attempt to harmonise contrasting ways of living, loving and composing poetry, that resonates with contemporary Africans, and their quest for social change is a recurrent preoccupation. Many modern Batswanas continue to attempt to harmonise their cultural values and norms with what they feel to be useful and relevant from so the called modern norms and values. It is a journey beset with fearful odds. Raditladi’s poetry speaks to these everyday struggles we call life in the post-colonial and post-apartheid setting. An important aspect of Batswana cultural identity that emerges from a reading of Raditladi’s collection Sefalana sa Menate is the frequency of allusion to the significance of cattle. Thes significance that is manifested in considerable number of the poetic allusions or metaphors suggest a common view of cattle as nurture, sustenance, comfort, and possession of wealthy. Traditionally, cattle provided for the everyday needs of the Batswana, and in fiction as in real life, represent wealth and well-being. A strong relationship exists between cattle and the Batswana sensibilities. This strong identification with cattle by those who through countless generations have been shepherds is evidenced in cattle allusions carried forward in language, proverbs and poetry. Historical figures and events are conveyed through poetic aestheticism. These historical events constitute: • Leadership Lessons from the House of Kgama • Teaching Batswana Poetry: an African paradigm • South Africans in European Wars: Re-writing History and setting the record straight Raditladi’s work is based on life, lived as firsthand in the communal experiences of milking and caring for cattle as a child and this is viewed in the Batswana society as providing the foundation for understanding the Batswana sensibilities. There is a gap in in Setswana literary criticism regarding a critical exploration of the three themes mentioned above been analyzed.It is hoped that this research study will go a long way to address this gap / African languages / D Litt. et Phil.

published_or_final_version / abstract / Chinese / Master / Master of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Chinese Language and Literature / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / Chinese Language and Literature / Master / Master of Arts

手稿本. / Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學. / Shou gao ben. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 417-424). / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue. / Chapter 第一章 --- 概論 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一節 --- 毛晉與汲古閣　 --- p.3 / Chapter 第二節 --- 六十家詞的版本　 --- p.22 / Chapter 第三節 --- 汲古閣六十家詞編纂的內容 --- p.25 / Chapter 第二章 --- 六十家詞特色之研究 (上) --- p.36 / Chapter 第一節 --- 柳永與其屬從 --- p.43 / Chapter 第二節 --- 二晏與其屬從 --- p.89 / Chapter 第三節 --- 蘇軾與其屬從 --- p.150 / Chapter 第四節 --- 秦觀與其屬從 --- p.205 / Chapter 第三章 --- 六十家詞特色之研究　（下） --- p.238 / Chapter 第一節 --- 周邦彥與其屬從　 --- p.238 / Chapter 第二節 --- 辛棄疾與其屬從 --- p.269 / Chapter 第三節 --- 姜夔與其屬從　 --- p.311 / Chapter 第四節 --- 史達祖詞的特色 --- p.346 / Chapter 第五節 --- 吳文英與其屬從　 --- p.368 / Chapter 第四章 --- 結論´ؤ´ؤ對比百家詞以論六十家詞之編輯背景與特色 --- p.395 / 附參考書目 --- p.417

郭梓俊. / "2010年1月". / "2010 nian 1 yue". / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-220). / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Guo Zijun. / Chapter 第一章 --- 序論一《樂府補題》與「樂府補題體」 / Chapter 第一節 --- 硏究動機 --- p.1 / Chapter 第二節 --- 硏究範疇及方法 / Chapter (一) --- 文獻回顧 --- p.13 / Chapter (二) --- 從作品到讀者硏究方法的改變 --- p.17 / Chapter (三) --- 硏究範疇 --- p.19 / Chapter (四) --- 論題開展與硏究期待 --- p.22 / Chapter 第二章 --- 《樂府補題》與明末清初的詞風 / Chapter 第一節 --- 楔子 --- p.24 / Chapter 第二節 --- 《樂府補題》重刊的詞學背景 / Chapter (一) --- 詞壇的「低潮」 --- p.26 / Chapter (二) --- 百家爭鳴的清初詞壇 --- p.39 / Chapter (三) --- 南宋詞風的興起 --- p.48 / Chapter 第三節 --- 《樂府補題》的重刊與清初詞風的丕變 --- p.53 / Chapter 第四節 --- 從讀者到作者´إ´إ清初《樂府補題》擬作群體的 分析 / Chapter (一) --- 唱和社群 --- p.63 / Chapter (二) --- 夢華´إ´إ以書寫對抗遺忘 --- p.66 / Chapter 第三章 --- 《樂府補題》與浙西詞派 / Chapter 第一節 --- 《樂府補題》與浙西詞派的形成 --- p.75 / Chapter 第二節 --- 《樂府補題》與浙西詞論 / Chapter (一) --- 小引 --- p.81 / Chapter (二) --- 典範的建立 --- p.82 / Chapter (三) --- 南宋詞極工極變之論與浙派的寄託說 --- p.88 / Chapter 第三節 --- 「後補題」與浙西詞派的流弊 / Chapter (一) --- 清中葉以後對浙西詞派的批評 --- p.101 / Chapter (二) --- 浙派詠物詞的範式 --- p.110 / Chapter 第四節 --- 從浙西詞派對《樂府補題》的模擬看清代文化的 幾個面相一兼論尊體方法的另一種可能 / Chapter (一) --- 問題的導出 --- p.118 / Chapter (二) --- 都市的繁榮與文人閒賞文化 --- p.120 / Chapter (三) --- 當塡詞成了學問´إ´إ博物重學的時代風¯‘ة --- p.126 / Chapter (四) --- 尊體的另一種可能 --- p.140 / Chapter 第四章 --- 填補「空白」´ؤ´ؤ晚清民初《樂府補題》的主題研究 / Chapter 第一節 --- 《樂府補題》與晚清詞學的建構 / Chapter (一) --- 一個如影隨形的課題 --- p.149 / Chapter (二) --- 讀者身份的凸顯´ؤ´ؤ常州詞派的閱讀理論 --- p.157 / Chapter 第二節 --- 晚近諸家對《樂府補題》託意的討論 --- p.166 / Chapter 第三節 --- 如何詮釋？´ؤ´ؤ詮釋方法及其檢討 --- p.178 / Chapter 第五章 --- 尾聲 --- p.191 / 主要參考書目 --- p.196

published_or_final_version / Chinese / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / Literary Studies / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / Chinese / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy