Trauma, music and resilience in Butterfly Burning, Crocodile Burning and Dog Eat Dog

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dc.contributor.authorBenhard, Semplisse M-N
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-13T08:10:35Z
dc.date.available2022-07-13T08:10:35Z
dc.date.issued2021-10
dc.descriptionTHESIS PRESENTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGLISH AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS AT THE NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (NUST) Supervisor: Professor Sarala Krishnamurthyen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study critically examines how traumatised characters in the selected novels Butterfly Burning, (Vera, 1998), Crocodile Burning (Williams, 1992), and Dog Eat Dog (Mlongo, 2004) have experienced resilience as a coping mechanism to deal with trauma using music as therapy on their own. Two theories; trauma and resilience were used as a way of accounting for the challenges, realities and hopes faced by the characters in the selected novels. This thesis argues that using trauma and resilience theories could provide a rich insight into the novels. African literature may genuinely represent the painful reality of life and how ordinary people resiliently tackle these obstacles by balancing these two ideas. The research found that the selected novels Butterfly Burning, (Vera, 1998), Crocodile Burning (Williams, 1992), and Dog Eat Dog (Mlongo, 2004) clearly capture the different forms of trauma endured by the characters. Furthermore, the research revealed the characters' resilience ability in dealing with the terrible events they encounter.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBenhard, S. M-N. (2021). Trauma, music and resilience in Butterfly Burning, Crocodile Burning and Dog Eat Dog [Master's thesis: Namibia University of Science and Technology].en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.nust.na:8080/jspui/handle/10628/901
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNamibia University of Science and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectNamibiaen_US
dc.subjecttraumaen_US
dc.subjectresilienceen_US
dc.subjectcoping mechanismen_US
dc.subjectmusic therapyen_US
dc.titleTrauma, music and resilience in Butterfly Burning, Crocodile Burning and Dog Eat Dogen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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