South African & African Literature
1) The recontextualisation of the Gospel in Ngugi's writing. 2) Fugard's Plays, with particular reference to Playland. 3) Forgiveness in post-apartheid literature. 4) Chiastic configurations in the works of Pieter-Dirk Uys. 5) Experimental Theatre by so- called 'coloured' writers. 6) African history and literary representations of civil war in Africa with special reference to the Biafran war in Africa. 7) Representations of motherhood and childhood in literature in English by African and Afro-American writers with special reference to autobiography and fictional autobiography
Research Output
Research articles in refereed specialist journals
Koyana SZ, Gray RA: 2001. An electronic interview with Sindiwe Magona. Commonwealth, 23(2) / Sep, pp 77-83. Koyana SZ, Gray RA: 2001. Growing up with Maya Angelou and Sindiwe Magona: A comparison and American Comparative Studies. SAFUNDI: The Journal of South African and American Comparative Studies, 7, pp 1-11. Koyana SZ: 2001. Womanism & Nation-building in Sindiwe Magona's Autobiographies. Agenda, 50 / Nov, pp 64-70. |