The purpose of this paper is to analyze twelve contemporary fiction books dealing with Negro-white relationships and to draw tentative conclusions as to their influence for better understanding between the white Southerner and the Negro. The danger of unchecked prejudice and discrimination cannot be minimized or ignored in the South today. On the contrary there is a desperate urgency, a frantic need for abatement of the seemingly headlong plunge toward the chasm created by the 1954 and 1955 Supreme Court decisions in the public school segregation cases. / Typescript. / "August, 1956." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: Dwight L. Burton, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 46-48).

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1963 C43 / Master of Science

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2002. / Adviser: Elizabeth Ammons. Submitted to the Dept. of English. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 192-207). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

Thesis (M.F.A.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008. / Directed by Hephzibah Roskelly; submitted to the Dept. of English. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Aug. 26, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-58).

M.A. / This mini-dissertation deals with Herman Charles Bosman's depiction of racial prejudice among the different racial groups in South Africa in the period of the 1930s and 40s. The overarching issue of the narrator's racism forms the focus of discussion. Oom Schalk Lourens's storytelling techniques are a matter of cardinal importance that colours the entire interpretation of Mafeking Road. The introductory section of this study provides some biographical details about the author himself. This is followed by an exploration of Bosman's treatment of race and racial issues in three stories. Bosman's exploration of race relations involving blacks, Indians, whites as well as other minority groups is a reflection of his genuine concern for South Africa's future society as a whole. In the course of this study a brief analysis is also made of the author's portrayal of female characters. In the conclusion Bosman's overall achievement in terms of the major theme, race relations, is assessed. It is argued that the overt racism of Bosman's narrator Oom Schalk Lourens cannot be ascribed to the author himself; that it is the case, rather, that the author manipulates his narrator to achieve an ironic effect. In the final analysis, Bosman is critical of the racist attitudes his characters display, but his method is to satirise and debunk these attitudes gently and obliquely.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2001. / Director: Elizabeth Ammons. Submitted to the Dept. of English. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 234-254). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-210).

Thesis (M.A.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2009. / Directed by Scott Romine; submitted to the Dept. of English. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed May 13, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-[i.e. 48]).

Thesis (M. A.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. Maxine L. Montgomery, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of English. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 19, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 90 pages. Includes bibliographical references.