- Mutsambi, Tinoten

Title
Representation of history in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s trilogy – nervous conditions, the book of not and this mournable body
Creator
Mutsambi, Tinoten
Subject
Women and literature --Zimbabwe--History --20th century
Subject
Identification (Psychology) in literature
Date Issued
2022-12
Date
2022-12
Type
Master's theses
Type
text
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10948/59446
Identifier
vital:62116
Description
This dissertation analyses Tsitsi Dangarembga’s novels Nervous Conditions (1988), The Book of Not (2006) and This Mournable Body (2018). The three novels under study capture a great deal of Zimbabwe’s history, spanning from the colonial era as depicted in Nervous Conditions, through the period before and after independence in The Book of Not, to the contemporary post independence Zimbabwe in This Mournable Body. Reading these three novels and analysing their depiction of historic events is important as they cover significant and contested epochs in Zimbabwean history, making it possible for us to examine the intersection between history and literature. Moreover, since most Zimbabwean narratives that depict the country’s history have been male authored, Dangarembga’s novels offer an interesting opportunity to study the depiction of history from a female perspective
Description
Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Language, Media and Communication, 2022
Format
computer
Format
online resource
Format
application/pdf
Format
1 online resource (122 pages)
Format
pdf
Publisher
Nelson Mandela University
Publisher
Faculty of Humanities
Language
English
Rights
Nelson Mandela University
Rights
All Rights Reserved
Rights
Open Access
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