G.H. Franz’s Modjadji : archetypes of time and the transcendence of history
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| Field | Value | |
| Title | G.H. Franz’s Modjadji : archetypes of time and the transcendence of history | |
| Creator | Boshego, L.P. Lloyd, D.W. | |
| Description | This article examines the Northern Sotho play, “Modjadji”, written by G.H. Franz. The text, about which there is little significant critical literature, presents in mythological terms the quest of the Lobedu rain queen, Modjadji, for secure governance and release from the exigencies of history, both for herself and her people. Through staged ritual, the play evokes archetypes of time to raise a mythic consciousness. This ontology employs a notion of circular time to transcend linearity and its inexorable teleology. Ultimately, the text attempts to extract viable elements of traditional epistemology in order to accommodate its addressees to modernity. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2009-07-16 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/lit.v30i3.92 | |
| Source | Literator; Vol 30, No 3 (2009); 157-178 Literator; Vol 30, No 3 (2009); 157-178 2219-8237 0258-2279 | |
| Language | eng | |
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