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The new edition is more learner-centred and has a greater multi-disciplinary approach. It uses literary analysis and literary studies as a platform to engage students in thinking about literature in the context of themselves as significant parts of the process of interpreting. Students are introduced to a range of contemporary arguments, theories and positions about self-representation, characterization, gender, and culture. Each chapter works from a simple accessible position towards more complex ideas and culminates in a creative writing exercise in which the student explores the ideas raised in that chapter. The textbook explores philosophical concepts and literary theories around identity and how identity is communicated through and created in language. Each chapter deals with a different aspect of representation together with a different genre of writing from autobiography to poetry to colonial and postcolonial novels. The book focuses on the needs of southern African readers by drawing on current social and ethical issues. The new edition has been updated to have a more contemporary focus and there is a greater emphasis on the writing process. The section on gender is more complex and includes discussion on masculinity. Students have the opportunity to apply their knowledge by means of discussion questions and creative writing exercises at the end of each chapter.
Vir Paul van Zyl is sy standerdvyfjaar 'n grootwordjaar. Hy leer dat mens die verlede nie kan terugroep nie. Dat dit wat verby is, onherroeplik en vir ewig verby is. Dat dit wat gedoen is, ewe onherroeplik gedaan is. Hy leer om afskeid te neem, en om verantwoordelikheid te neem vir wat hy gedoen het. Maar bowenal leer hy aanvaarding.
The novella Fools is the title story from the highly acclaimed collection Fools and Other Stories, winner of the Noma Award in 1984. In this work, as in all his writings, Njabulo Ndebele challenges the stereotypical and life-negating notion of the helpless, passive victim. By focusing attention on the everyday lives and dilemmas of ordinary people struggling under the oppression of apartheid, he not only exposes the system's destructive evils but also asserts the resourcefulness of spirit - the active and life-affirming qualities - of people resisting tyranny. Fools, which is set in the 1960s, is notable for its concern with individuals and the complex subtleties of character as opposed to the outward expression of political struggle. Zamani is a middle-aged schoolteacher who has brought disgrace upon himself and has lost the respect of his community and the opportunity to fulfill a leadership role.;He lives a haunted and impoverished life. Zani is a young and idealistic student activist who has returned to South Africa from school in Swaziland full of political anger and the aspiration to mobilise Charterston Township. Linked by a sordid event in Zamani's past, both men are forced to re-examine their lives and, as their complex relationship evolves in the context of a country edging towards upheaval, they are eventually able to face each other with new compassion and dignity as a result of their journeys of self-discovery and personal growth. The editor, Dr Bhekizizwe Peterson, teaches in the Department of African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand. He provides editorial support in the form of a discussion of the main themes, questions and topics for discussion and written work, and a bibliography.
How To Analyse Texts is the essential introductory textbook and toolkit for language analysis. This book shows the reader how to undertake detailed, language-focussed, contextually sensitive analyses of a wide range of texts – spoken, written and multimodal. The book constitutes a flexible resource which can be used in different ways across a range of courses and at different levels. This textbook includes:
Written by two experienced teachers of English Language, How To Analyse Texts is key reading for all students of English language and linguistics.
‘There stood up in the assembly the hero son of Atreus, wide-ruling Agamemnon, in deep anger: fury filled his dark heart full’ The Iliad is the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization. The story centres on the critical events in four days of the tenth and final year of the war between the Greek and Trojans. It describes how the quarrel of Agamemnon and Achilleus sets in motion a tragic sequence of events, which leads to Achilleus’ killing of Hektor and determines the ultimate fate of Troy. But Homer’s theme is not simply war or heroism. With compassion and humanity he presents a universal and tragic view of the world, of human life lived under the shadow of suffering and death, set against a vast and largely unpitying divine background. The Iliad is the first of the world’s great tragedies. Martin Hammond’s acclaimed translation is accompanied by a full introduction and a comprehensive index.
Academic literacy is an essential tool to support the achievement of academic goals which in turn will lead to the accomplishment of personal and career goals. Academic literacy covers all the necessary academic skills and competencies for constructive and successful study. Not only is the focus on reading, writing, listening and verbal communication, but also on developing your thinking skills, possibly the core skill needed at this level of study. Other skills that the learner will be exposed to are: Understanding and engaging in academic study; developing vocabulary; reading for study purposes; argument; paraphrasing and summarising; writing paragraphs; assignment writing, and examination skills. Academic literacy will assist you in coping with the reading and writing demands of further and higher education. You will also be guided to be more knowledgeable about yourself, your aspirations, career goals, and how to manage your time and stress more effectively.
In his signature style of grand storytelling, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the Holy Land, thousands of years ago. By exploring the lives and discoveries of modern archaeologists excavating the site of Tell Makor, Michener vividly re-creates life in and around an ancient city during critical periods of its existence, and traces the profound history of the Jews, including that of the early Hebrews and their persecution, the impact of Christianity on the Jewish world, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition. Michener weaves his epic tale of love, strength, and faith until at last he arrives at the founding of Israel and the modern conflict in the Middle East. The Source is not only a compelling history of the Holy Land and its people but a richly written saga that encompasses the development of Western civilization and the great religious and cultural ideas that have shaped our world.
Written as a letter from a Zimbabwean mother to her daughter, a student at Harvard, J. Nozipo Maraire evokes the moving story of a mother reaching out to her daughter to share the lessons life has taught her and bring the two closer than ever before. Interweaving history and memories, disappointments and dreams, Zenzele tells the tales of Zimbabwe's struggle for independence and the men and women who shaped it: Zenzele's father, an outspoken activist lawyer; her aunt, a schoolteacher by day and secret guerrilla fighter by night; and her cousin, a maid and a spy.
Southern Africa is without equal in terms of geology, a treasure trove of valuable minerals with a geological history dating back some 3 600 million years. In addition, the evolution of plants and animals, especially mammals and dinosaurs, is well preserved in the region, which also has among the best records of the origin of modern man. The story of earth and life provides an insight into this remarkable history – how southern Africa's mineral deposits were formed, how its life evolved and how its landscape was shaped. Along the way readers will be enthralled by accounts of the Big Bang that marked the beginning of time and matter, by drifting and colliding continents, folding and fracturing rocks, meteors colliding with the Earth, volcanic eruptions, and the start of life. Other topics include why South Africa is so rich in minerals, how glacial deposits came to be found in the Karoo, why dinosaurs became extinct, how mammals developed from reptiles, and how closely humans are related to the apes. The answers to many such questions can be found in this title. Anyone interested in the landscape and ecosystems in which we live will be intrigued by this title.
"Since its first appearance in 1854 and through many revisions this dictionary has remained constant in its appeal to scholars. This new and revised Latin Dictionary is among the best of its kind, being reliable, compact and adequate for the needs of all save the specialist. He has produced what is in effect a new book, typographically easy to consult and combining elegance with utility." -The Times Literary Supplement This edition: --Incorporates modern English idiom and current Latin spelling. --Includes general classical information where appropriate. --Shows long and short vowels where not immediately apparent. --Indicates irregular plural forms. --Cites and quotes ancient classical authors. --Suggests paraphrases to express modern English in classical Latin form
From the new celebrity culture that has emerged from reality television and the Internet, to the paparazzi-filled endgame of Princess Diana and the bizarre trials and tribulations of Michael Jackson, The Celebrity Culture Reader documents the significant role that celebrities occupy in contemporary culture. Combining classic essays and contemporary writings, The Celebrity Culture Reader investigates the cultural implications of this complex contemporary phenomenon.
Whether we grow up with one, two, or several languages during our early years of life, many of us will learn a second, foreign, or heritage language in later years. The field of Second language acquisition (SLA, for short) investigates the human capacity to learn additional languages in late childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, after the first language --in the case of monolinguals-- or languages --in the case of bilinguals-- have already been acquired. Understanding Second Language Acquisition offers a wide-encompassing survey of this burgeoning field, its accumulated findings and proposed theories, its developed research paradigms, and its pending questions for the future. The book zooms in and out of universal, individual, and social forces, in each case evaluating the research findings that have been generated across diverse naturalistic and formal contexts for second language acquisition. It assumes no background in SLA and provides helpful chapter-by-chapter summaries and suggestions for further reading. Ideal as a textbook for students of applied linguistics, foreign language education, TESOL, and education, it is also recommended for students of linguistics, developmental psycholinguistics, psychology, and cognitive science. Supporting resources for tutors are available free at www.routledge.com/ortega.
Die Handwoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (alom bekend as “die HAT”) is Afrikaans se bekendste woordeboek. Die eerste uitgawe van die HAT het in 1965 verskyn en in 2015 vier die HAT sy goue jubileum. Dié omvattend herbewerkte, stewig uitgebreide sesde uitgawe is die resultaat van die grondigste hersiening van die woordeboek sedert die verskyning van die derde uitgawe in 1993. Geen Afrikaanse woordeboek bied ’n akkurater beeld van eietydse Afrikaans nie. Meer as:
Die onmisbare Afrikaanse woordeboek vir huis en skool, vir werk en studeer, vir woordliefhebbers, woordspeletjie-entoesiaste en woordvrate. Pragtig ontwerp en gedruk. HAT 6 bou voort op die gesaghebbende tradisie van sy voorgangers. Die nuwe uitgawe is grondig hersien en uitgebrei deur ’n span van Afrikaans se beste woordeboekmakers wat onder andere vier lede insluit van die SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns se Taalkommissie.
I can tell the difference between who I am and a side effect. The Effect is a clinical romance. Two young volunteers, Tristan and Connie, agree to take part in a clinical drug trial. Succumbing to the gravitational pull of attraction and love, however, Tristan and Connie manage to throw the trial off-course, much to the frustration of the clinicians involved. This funny, moving and perhaps surprisingly human play explores questions of sanity, neurology and the limits of medicine, alongside ideas of fate, loyalty and the inevitability of physical attraction. Following on from the critical and commercial success of Enron, The Effect offers a vibrant theatrical exploration into the human brain via the heart. It received its world premiere at the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre in November 2012, starring Billie Piper and Jonjo O'Neill. It is published here in the Modern Classics series alongside an introduction by Miriam Gillinson.
German-language approaches to translation have been revolutionized by the theory of action (Handlungstheorie) and the related theory of translation's goal or purpose (Skopstheorie). Both these approaches are functionalist: they seek to liberate translators from servitude to the source text, seeing translation as a new communicative act that must be purposeful with respect to the translator's client and readership. As one of the leading figures in this field, Christiane Nord gives the first full survey of functionalist approaches in English. She explains the complexities of the theories and their terms, using simple language with numerous examples. The book includes an overview of how the theories developed, illustrations of the main ideas, and specific applications to translator training, literary translation, interpreting and ethics. The survey concludes with a concise review of the criticisms that have been made of the theories, together with perspectives for the future development of functionalist approaches.
Vir baie jare daarna het die mense nog gegis en gegons oor wat presies gebeur het. Gerda was op die voorblad van al wat 'n koerant en tydskrif was. Verslaggewers het tougestaan om 'n persoonlike onderhoud met haar te kry. Sy was beroemd! Selfs die oorsese koerante het die vreemde verhaal vertel. Die naam Gerda Marais was op almal se lippe. En dit het alles begin daardie oggend ... daardie Donderdagoggend...Gerda Marais was 'n doodgewone kind wat haar vaalbruin hare in twee boksterte gedra het. Sy was nie besonder mooi of slim nie. Sy was nie besonder mooi of slim nie. Sy was nie besonder goed in sport nie en kon nie bolmakiese slaan soos die meeste ander maats in haar klas nie. Sy het 'n paar goeie maats gehad met wie sy pouses en smiddae gesels en gekuier het. En sy kon wortels nie verdra nie. Dit het nie saak gemaak wat haar ma gedoen het nie, sy het geweier om wortels te eet. Sy het net gese: "Wortels maak my naar," en dit was dit. Dit moet in die nag gebeur het, maar toe Gerda wakker geword het, het sy nog geen onraad vermoed nie...'n Haas moet doen wat 'n haas moet doen is 'n sprankelende fantasieverhaal vol spanning en humor.
Read the seminal bestselling novel that changed the face of British fiction and inspired Danny Boyle's film. 'The best book ever written by man or woman... Deserves to sell more copies than the Bible' Rebel Inc Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting oan a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fuckin junk food intae yir mooth. Choose rotting away, pishing and shiteing yersel in a home, a total fuckin embarrassment tae the selfish, fucked-up brats ye've produced. Choose life. 'Welsh writes with a skill, wit and compassion that amounts to genius.' Sunday Times
A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no
one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but
there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food
rations and raping women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare
who guides seven strangers-among them a boy with no mother, a girl
with dark glasses, a dog of tears-through the barren streets, and
the procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings are
harrowing. A magnificent parable of loss and disorientation and a
vivid evocation of the horrors of the twentieth century, Blindness
has swept the reading public with its powerful portrayal of man's
worst appetites and weaknesses-and man's ultimately exhilarating
spirit. The stunningly powerful novel of man's will to survive
against all odds, by the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for
Literature.
A masterly story of myth, rebellion, love, friendship and betrayal from one of Africa's great writers, Ngugi wa Thiong'o's A Grain of Wheat includes an introduction by Abdulrazak Gurnah, author of By the Sea, in Penguin Modern Classics. It is 1963 and Kenya is on the verge of Uhuru - Independence Day. The mighty british government has been toppled, and in the lull between the fighting and the new world, colonized and colonizer alike reflect on what they have gained and lost. In the village of Thabai, the men and women who live there have been transformed irrevocably by the uprising. Kihika, legendary rebel leader, was fatally betrayed to the whiteman. Gikonyo's marriage to the beautiful Mumbi was destroyed when he was imprisoned, while her life has been shattered in other ways. And Mugo, brave survivor of the camps and now a village hero, harbours a terrible secret. As events unfold, compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed and loves are tested. Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o is the author of Weep Not Child (1964), The River Between (1965), and Petals of Blood (1977). Ngugi was chair of the Department of Literature at the University of Nairobi from 1972 to 1977. He left Kenya in 1982 and taught at various universities in the United States before he became professor of comparative literature and performance studies at New York University in 1992. If you enjoyed A Grain of Wheat, you might like Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'With Ngugi history is a living tissue ... this book adds cubits to his already considerable stature' Guardian
"This play, by the winner of a Nobel Prize for Literature, asks: 'On the authority of what gods' the white aliens rupture the world. It puts exciting political theatre back on the agenda...a masterpiece of 20th century drama" (Guardian) Elesin Oba, the King's Horseman, has a single destiny. When the King dies, he must commit ritual suicide and lead his King's favourite horse and dog through the passage to the world of the ancestors. A British Colonial Officer, Pilkings, intervenes to prevent the death and arrests Elesin. The play is a set text for NEAB GCSE, NEAB A Level and NEAB A/S Level. "A transfixing work of modern world drama" (Independent); "clearly a masterpiece...he achieves the full impact of Greek tragedy" (Irving Wardle, Independent on Sunday); "the action of the play is as inevitable and eloquent as in Antigone: a clash of values and cultures so fundamental that tragedy issues: a tragedy for each individual, each tribe" (Michael Schmidt, Daily Telegraph)
One of a series of fiction titles for schools. Scout, the keen-eyed narrator, and her brother Jem interrupt their games to champion their lawyer father when, in a hostile, racist town in the American South, he battles to defend Tom, who is black and accused of murder.
A fully bilingual school dictionary, with dictionary exercises, study pages and an illustrated reference section.
What is the real status of English in the world, and in South Africa in particular? South Africa has eleven official languages, and purports to uphold equal rights for all. However, English continues to wield immense official and unofficial power. Many English second- or additional-language speakers in South Africa are sacrificing or 'diluting' their primary languages and cultures in the quest to take up and use the power of a world language. English In Perspective uses a wealth of local texts to explore how English is spoken and written. It questions the dominance of English and wrestles with some of the complexities arising from language use and change in a multilingual society. In a systematic and analytical approach to the study of South African English discourse, English In Perspective:
First published over fifty years ago, A GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS remains an essential resource for all serious students of literature. Now fully updated to reflect the latest scholarship on recent and rapidly evolving critical theories, the new contains a complete glossary of essential literary terms presented as a series of engaging, beautifully crafted, essays that explore the terms, place them in context, and suggest related entries and additional reading. This indispensable, authoritative, and highly affordable reference covers terms useful in discussing literature and literary history, theory, and criticism. Perfect as a core text for introductory literary theory or as a supplement to any literature course, this classic work is an invaluable reference that you can use throughout your academic and professional careers. |
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