Who killed Kesentseng? Cultural knowledge and narratological analysis in the interpretation of the Setswana short story 'Ga le a ka la tswa' ('Doomed to die before dawn') by B.D. Magoleng | Zendy

Maserame Maria Letsie | Zendy; Heilna Du Plooy | Zendy

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Who killed Kesentseng? Cultural knowledge and narratological analysis in the interpretation of the Setswana short story 'Ga le a ka la tswa' ('Doomed to die before dawn') by B.D. Magoleng

Author(s) -

Maserame Maria Letsie,

Heilna Du Plooy

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

literator

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2219-8237

pISSN - 0258-2279

DOI - 10.4102/lit.v26i1.221

Subject(s) - narrative , interpretation (philosophy) , argument (complex analysis) , dimension (graph theory) , literature , history , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics , art , biochemistry , chemistry , mathematics , pure mathematics

In this article the argument is put forward that although the criterial force in narrative texts is the fact that these texts are intrinsically narrative, there is a range of extra-narrative components which should also be taken into consideration in processes of interpretation. The article explores the cultural dimension of a short story in Setswana and illustrates how cultural knowledge is essential to reach a more comprehensive understanding of the text

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