Isikweko kwincwadi Iintsika ZeNtlambo yeTyhume ngokubhalwe ngu - R. M. Tshaka

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This is research on the metaphor in R.M. Tshaka's lintsikaZeNtlambo yeTyhume. What comes out clearly is Tshaka's artisticemployment of the metaphor especially in the poems selected fromhis poetry book lintsika ZeNtIambo yeTyhume.Chapter 1 gives the aim of this assessment which is to conductresearch about metaphor in selected poems and the method of howcomparison has been done in the poems. This research is based onthe ideas of theorists like: Aristotle (384 - 322 B.C.) and Johnson(1980) as pointed out by Hermanson (1995). Works by literary criticslike Mona (1994) and Qangule (1972) inspired this research.Chapter 2 gives an overview of the views by various critics andlinguists about metaphor. Here, thoughts from critics revolvingaround the metaphor clarify what is meant by metaphor in culture andin everyday use.Chapter 3 deals with the metaphor in selected poems. Poems havebeen selected according to the themes and a critical analysis is doneto illustrate the significance of each metaphor in each poem.Tshaka's topics in selected poems are drawn from the followingissues:1. Originality (cultural);2. Habitation;3. Historical;4. Political and5. Biblical (religious).Chapter 4 is the conclusion of the research on metaphor and isarrived at by reviewing clearly the manner in which Tshaka utilisesmetaphor in the selected poems. It is here that attention is alsodrawn to his succesful use of metaphor.High quality language that arrests one's interest is manifestly evidentin the selected poems because Tshaka's topics are realistic, sensibleand drawn from daily experience.To cite an example, Qangule (1972) in his critical analysis of thepoem Igqili (p.59), discusses metaphor and ideophone extensively.Metaphors are not used in isolation, but are used grammatically togive a clear tone and it is clearly evident that Tshaka has usedgrammatical and conceptual theories because in the formation of thecopulative there is a morpheme which establishes personification,emphasis or otherwise a metaphor.Metaphor then, is companson of two objects (things, items);assimilation of one thing with another which is not the former one, orincorporation according to speech and opinion or otherwise the actionto give evidence of what is being compared.

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