The study makes an analysis of Charles Mungoshi's Shona works from a Modernist
perspective. In this study, Modernist literature is shown as full of change and adventure
that has seen characters failing to catch up with the speed at which their social lives are
going. The change is continuos and has resulted in many characters continuously failing to
cope, which in turn has resulted in continuous frustrations, here described as despair. The
study also shows how the despair is being nurtured in the circumstances of crumbling
social institutions which, in the past, had acted as the haven for devastated individuals.
The crumbling social institutions are shown to be triggering the despair and the characters
are given no room to recuperate. The study makes an analysis of what brings this despair
and how in the end, particular individual characters fight to ward off the despair. / African Languages / M.A. (African Languages)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/18114 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Mangoya, Esau |
| Contributors | Mafela, M. J., Mutasa, D. E. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (vi, 205 leaves) |
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