Humour as a postcolonial strategy in Zakes Mda's novel, The heart of redness.

Description

This thesis sought to demonstrate that humour and the grotesque are the primary tools by which Mda achieve his postcolonial strategies of &quot / writing back&quot / , 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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South African wit and humor

Humor in literature.

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Date	January 2005
Creators	Hagemann, Michael Eric
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Theses and Dissertations
Format	PDF
Coverage	ZA
Rights	Copyright: University of the Western Cape