Contemporary South African speculative fiction: A study of Mohale Mashigo’s short story collection intruders (2018)

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2022

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University of the Western Cape

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Speculative fiction, South Africa, entanglement, social commentary, post-Apartheid, folktales, tropes, Africanfuturism, Africanjujuism, Mohale Mashigo Abstract Globally, speculative fiction is a popular genre, but it has not gained much traction in the contemporary South African literary sphere. In this thesis, I argue that speculative fiction allows for the exploration of social configurations of South African society because of its speculative and experimental nature. I will do so through an analysis of Mohale Mashigo's collection of short stories, Intruders (2018), using Sarah Nuttall’s concept of entanglement as a rubric.

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Masters of Art

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Fiction books, Post-Apartheid, South Africa, Contemporary literary, Politics

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