Around a Fire: Poems of Memory and Ritual

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dc.contributor.advisorMoolman, Jacobus
dc.contributor.authorMpuma, Nondwe
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-04T09:49:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-30T08:32:22Z
dc.date.available2020-11-04T09:49:00Z
dc.date.available2024-10-30T08:32:22Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionMagister Artium - MAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis Creative Writing mini-thesis offers a deep meditation on what it means to speak to ritual and memory. The thesis is compiled from a collection of original creative work as well as a short reflective essay that present a critical analysis of the creative pieces in relation to the ideas I present. The first of these ideas being, memory as an encapsulation of the past, present and future as explored by writers such as W.G. Sebald and Toni Morrison. This collection examines an understanding of memory and ritual as being uncontained, as constant providers of stimulation for a range of literary responses. Ritual will be regarded primarily in the South African context where there is the intersection of the urban and rural landscapes both physically and metaphorically. In this regard I am thinking alongside writers such as Louise GlĂșck and Vangile Gantsho. The understanding of ritual is extended to the realm of spirituality where Christianity and African spirituality exist both harmoniously and in conflict. In short, the collection of poems and the reflective essay will explore the ways that memory and ritual interact in time and they will collectively contribute to the production of literature in South Africa.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/16400
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectMemoryen_US
dc.subjectRitualen_US
dc.subjectContemporary poetryen_US
dc.subjectNostalgiaen_US
dc.subjectCreative writingen_US
dc.subjectSpiritualityen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectRuralen_US
dc.subjectUrbanen_US
dc.titleAround a Fire: Poems of Memory and Ritualen_US

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