SYMBOLS AND IMAGES AS POETIC TECHNIQUES IN SOUTH AFRICAN POETRY, THE EXAMPLE OF DENNIS BRUTUS AND OSWALD MBUYISENI MTSHALI

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This study examines the use of symbols and images as poetic techniques in South African poetic writing. The poems seek to address the issues of socio-political injustice, apartheid, oppression and manâ€™s inhumanity to man in the society, a kind of counter â€“ attacking the apartheid system of the South African society, which allows for inequalities and abject poverty of a section of the society while the other section thrives in affluence. At the end we discover how Dennis Brutus and Oswald Mtshali expose the terrible state of affairs in South Africa through their revolutionary implantation of symbols and images.

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Title Page

Certification

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Abstract

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CHAPTER ONE:

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

1.2 Biography of Dennis Brutus and Oswald Mtshali

1.3 Purpose of the Study

1.4 Justification of the Study

1.5 Scope and Limitation of the Study

1.6 Methodology

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CHAPTER TWO:

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Poetry as a Societal Outlook

2.2 The Sociological Approach

2.3 Apartheid in South African

End Notes

CHAPTER THREE:

(A) Symbols and Images as Poetic Techniques in the Poem of Dennis Brutus â€œa Troubadour I Traverseâ€

End Notes

(B) Symbols and Images as Poetic Techniques in the Poems of Oswald Mtshali

End Notes

CHAPTER FOUR:

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

4.1 Summary

4.2 Conclusion

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