Emblematic features of fictional female Afrikaner characters in selected South African television and theatre productions
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Date
2018-01
Authors
Hoffman, Michelle Kim
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University of the Free State
Abstract
This thesis examined the emblematic features of fictional female Afrikaner characters in
selected South African television and theatre productions.
The purpose of this study was to determine how female characters are represented in the
performing arts in relation to different cultural and temporal moments of transition in South
Africa, namely, the Anglo-Boer/South African War (1899-1901), post-apartheid South
Africa (1994-2006) and contemporary South Africa (twenty years into democracy). This
was done in order to determine whether or not the objectives, strategies, and operations
that manifest in these representations can be examined in relation to the historical
backgrounds of the specific timeframes.
The study analysed three South African performing arts productions (Feast of the
Uninvited [2008], Kruispad [2008] and Avu [2016]) in the form of case studies, with the
timeframes of the productions being set during three cultural and temporal moments of
transition in South Africa. The methodology of the study employed James Thomas’
formalist approach and Jason Mittel’s insights on character engagement in The Poetics
of Contemporary Television Storytelling.
The study identifies cases where women have been underrepresented in a temporal
moment of transition is South Africa.
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South African television, Female Afrikaner characters, Female characters, Theatre productions, Actressses, Dissertation (M.A. (Drama and Theatre Arts))--University of the Free State, 2018