The detective novel in Northern Sotho : a comparative study
Mphahlele, Lekoto Lucas
The aim of this study is to make a critical analysis of three detective
novels in Northern Sotho on a comparative basis . Reasons for
this selection and approach are given in the first chapter.
Chapter two deals with different types of crimes committed and methods
used for detecting criminals.
In chapter three we discuss the plot structure of the texts and
examine their conformity or non-conformity to conventions of literary
discourse.
The four.th chapter focuses on the way the authors portray and use
their characters especially the victims, the suspects, the criminals
and the detectives.
In chapter five we examine the function of milieu in prose fiction in
general and in detective fiction in particular, with special reference
to the three selected texts.
We give an assessment of the selected novels and conclude by speculating
on the future of the detective novel in Northern Sotho in the
sixth chapter .
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