Department of Arts

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The Arts and Crafts of the Xhosa in the Ciskei: Past and Present
(University of Fort Hare, 1970-12) Gitywa, Vincent Zanoxolo
The purpose of the study is the investigation of the certain major Xhosa Arts and Crafts in the Ciskei, past and present. It was felt that a fairly detailed review of historical background of Xhosa Arts and Crafts in the Ciskei, from as far back as the 18th Century, could provide an valuable background to the study of the present day conditions.
The implementation of domestic violence act no 116 of 1998 in south Africa: a case study of two townships in Nkonkobe municipality District, Eastern Cape province
(University of Fort Hare, 2008) Mesatywa, Nontando Jennifer
This is an exploratory study on the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act No 116 of 1998 in South Africa. It is a case study of two townships in the Nkonkobe Municipality District, Eastern Cape Province. The study was conducted at Ntselamanzi and Upper Qhumashe townships in Nkonkobe Municipality District, Eastern Cape. Since this is a qualitative exploratory study, in-depth interviews were conducted on a sample of ten women in abusive relationships and focus group interviews were conducted on five service providers for a triangulation. A study of related literature focused on African women in battered relationships. An African women’s perspective on the experiences of abuse have been explored. Gender based radical feminist views were discussed and legislations and conventions were analyzed from a human rights perspective. The implementation of the Domestic Violence Act and the role of service providers were also looked into. The findings suggest that African women experience abuse in partner relationships. They sustain grievous bodily harm, psychological, emotional and financial abuse. The patriarchy system, alcohol abuse, infidelity, traditional practices and failure to maintain children have been cited as some of the reasons. The social networks and service providers assisted these women to some extent. However, there is need for ethnic sensitive interdisciplinary training approach on African communities on the Act and a legal system that is accessible to rural women in order to curb further abuse. Various recommendations have been put forward. The study indicated a need for ethnic sensitive empowerment programs for the abused, rehabilitative programs that take into cognizance human rights violations of these women and the abusers, and effective legal remedies to prohibit women abuse.
An investigation into challenges facing further education training (FET) leaners in the study of isiXhosa in the Port Elizabeth district.
(University of Fort Hare, 2012) Mpofu, Nombulelo Patience
This study is about the Challenges Facing (FET) Further Education Training Learners in the study of IsiXhosa at (Grade 8 – Grade 12) Level. Chapter One, deals with the research problem, the objective of the research, literature review, research methods and the application of findings. The objective of this study is to: (a) To investigate why Xhosa students have negative attitudes towards their mother tongue; with the specific reference to Further Education Training learners (Grade 8-Grade 12) in the Port Elizabeth District. (b) To discuss factors that could be taken into consideration to promote the development of indigenous languages. (c) To discuss and offer recommendations on advocacy as one of the strategies to promote languages. Chapter Two focuses on theoretical approaches to the study. Chapter Three focuses on the administrative challenges facing FET educators in teaching isiXhosa to Grade 8 – Grade 12 learners studying isiXhosa in the Port Elizabeth area.
‘n Psigoanalitiese perspektief op geselekteerde Afrikaanse dramatekste van Reza de Wet.
(University of Fort Hare, 2013) Van Heerden, Joni
The focus of Reza de Wet‟s dramas is the dream: the dream as nightmare and constraint, but also the dream as lyrical wish. The metaphysical worlds of the characters in her dramas are far richer and less restricted than those of other playwrights of the twentieth century. De Wet posesses the talent to take the extraordinary and make it a reality for her audience – she is able to portray the things that are viewed as being taboo by society and in this way forces her audience to accept “reality”. The actions in the dramas sometimes come accross as being so grotesque and surrealistic that the audience has no other choice but to view it as a bad dream – reality possesses nightmare qualities. Dreams as one of the main themes in Reza de Wet‟s works are important, because it represents liberation. In the case of De Wet‟s dramas this liberations is personified by the „tall, dark stranger‟ that continuously swoops in to save the young girl from her straitened circumstances. Dreams, and the ways in which they express hidden feelings and wishes of the unconscious, are also one of the main themes in De Wet‟s Afrikaans dramas. In this psychoanalytic reserach, the dream remains central. Psychoanalysis is used to interpret the literature. Psychoanalytical literature critique is the application of a specific psychologic principle on the study of literature, in particular the works of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Jacques Lacan. It has been determined that psychoanalytical literature critique focuses on the psyche of the writer, the study of the creative process, the presence of psychologic principle within the literature as well as the effect of the literature on the reader. The question that is now posed is whether psychoanalysis is a central theme of Reza de Wet‟s Afrikaans dramas and in which way the dramas can be read in a psychoanalytical way.
A feminist analysis of lyman frank baum’s the wonderful wizard of oz, lucy maud montgomery’s anne of green gables and frances hodgson burnett’s the secret garden.
(University of Fort Hare, 2013) Becker, Bonnie
The primary aim of this project is to provide a close contextual and textual analysis of the selected children’s classics: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Anne of Green Gables and The Secret Garden using the feminist literary theory. From this perspective I have shown how the selected works of Lyman Frank Baum, Lucy Maud Montgomery and Frances Hodgson Burnett’s writing have contributed to women’s stereotypical roles within society and perpetuated their subjugated position. I have also conducted an examination of the extent to which the female protagonists attempt to emancipate themselves from gender oppression. A comparative study of the selected children’s texts has not yet been conducted and therefore this project serves as a significant contribution to this field of study. An exploration of the historical background of the authors and children’s literature is conducted to provide an overview into the inner workings of the writers’ lives and the historical significance of children’s literature as a genre. The theoretical framework of feminist literary theory is used in the analysis of the selected texts. The connection between feminist literary theory and children’s literature is highlighted and provides further understanding of the purpose of this study. The history of feminism as both a movement and a contemporary literary criticism is explored. Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex is used when analysing the texts’ characters and how they are based on society’s stereotypical gender roles. Luce Irigaray’s Speculum of the Other Woman and This Sex Which is Not One is examined to aid in an exploration of psychological female oppression through feminine and masculine discourse evident in the creation of the novels’ female and male characters. Hélène Cixous’ “The Laugh of the Medusa” and The Newly Born Woman is interrogated according to the stereotypical ideology surrounding the terms masculinity and femininity and how these terms are interpreted in the selected works. Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble and Undoing Gender are additionally explored to assist in the understanding of the concept of gender performativity and through the lens of Butler’s interpolation of gender the move towards the emancipation of women is seen in the selected children’s texts. The close textual feminist analysis focuses on the female protagonists: Dorothy, Anne and Mary as well as the secondary female characters: the wicked witches, Aunt Em, the Queen of the Field-Mice, the princess made from china, Glinda’s female soldiers from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; Marilla Cuthbert, Rachel Lynde and Diana Barry from Anne of Green Gables and Martha, Mrs Sowerby and Mrs Craven from The Secret Garden. The portrayal of the secondary male characters are additionally explored according to feminist literary theory: The Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Lion and the wizard Oz from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; Matthew Cuthbert and Gilbert Blythe from Anne of the Green Gables’ and Mr Craven, Colin Craven and Dickon Sowerby from The Secret Garden. The comparison of these children’s classics by Baum, Montgomery and Burnett provides insight into the selected works of all three writers, through the lens offered by feminist literary theory. Through the interrogation of these representative female protagonists found in early children’s literature, an understanding of not only the subordination of women, as evident in literature during this era, is illustrated but also the comprehension that women’s liberation was foreshadowed in these early children’s novels.
Concerning care in the context of the nursing profession: A phenomenological investigation.
(University of Fort Hare, 2015) O’Donnell, Neal Garth Mandy
This dissertation is concerned with the phenomenological question of lack of care in the face of Martin Heidegger’s placing care as a base for being. More specifically with the question: How is Heidegger’s ontological notion of care to be understood from within the contexts of healthcare, in general, and nursing in particular? Furthermore, deep within this notion of care there is always the option to not care which, although care is always contained in the various modes of Heidegger's Dasein, can be a contemporary enigma demanding investigation. In approaching the interpretation of what it is to care, the question will be confronted on three fronts: (a) to interrogate, in the context of healthcare, Heidegger’s conception of the phenomenological situation of care in his writings up to and including his Being and Time; (b) then to delve into the phenomenon of lack of care that seems to have appeared in the provision of healthcare in recent times; and, in an attempt to explain this lack, (c) to expand on Heidegger’s early conception of care more broadly out into the world by postulating a diachronic emphasis by introducing elements from the developmental psychology of Erik Erikson. It is argued that this is necessary in order to begin to understand provenance of the notion of lack of care within the sphere of healthcare. As nursing is considered an epitome of caring, the profession will be used as a vehicle to illustrate the phenomenon of lack of care and how this is possible when care is the basis of Being in the world. Thus the final section will bring out through the lens of lack of care the predicates of caring as they apply to the healthcare professions, and, just as importantly, other areas of human endeavour, for that matter. These predicates, it is postulated, are an accretion of five elements: development of the care-of, assumption of some level of authority, introduction of curiosity into the engagement with the world of people and things, an understanding of the role of empathy, and, finally, advocacy in the face of disturbance. It is further postulated that none of these predicates are a given, that, in an enabling environment, they unfold out of each other to create a caring person.

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