Clemenciana Mukenge

Didacticism in Hove¿s Bones

Education Issues in Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

This study explores didacticism in Hove s Bones. Didacticism refers to the notion of teaching, instructing or educating via the medium of literature. Most African writers seem to be didactic in approach. Hove s Bones consciously draws attention to teaching about the evils of colonialism. The decision to study didacticism was motivated by the argument in literary circles about whether or not didacticism is a worthwhile academic exercise in literature. Some scholars say it is while others hold different views. So I decided to explore this topic by examining exactly what is being taught in Hove s Bones. The analysis involved first determining the creative methods used by Hove and then determining whether or not these are useful in determining the pedagogical value of didacticism as a literary technique. In my analysis I showed that the creative methods used are useful in exploring the author s lessons. In my observation, the title of the novel teaches the readers that the liberationwar of the 1960s and 1970s was influenced by the first Chimurenga of the 1890s..

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 125g
• ISBN-13: 9783846508404
• ISBN-10: 3846508403
• Artikelnr.: 34146966

Autorenporträt

Clemenciana Mukenge holds Masters in English and Language for specific purposes, both obtained from the Universiy of Zimbabwe. She has worked as a teacher and lecturer in the area of Applied Linguistics for close to ten years. Clemenciana is currently a Dphil student at the University of Zimbabwe specialising in Communication.