A study of JJR Jolobe's selected children's rhymes

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study identifies the predominant features in JJR Jolobe's children's poetry (rhymes).Another purpose well worth considering is the impact poems can have on children'slanguage because poetry is the highest literary form and without poetry a child will sensethe loss. The language in poetry is learned in an immitative manner because it is naturalto childhood thereby helping children to respond almost instictively. They hear languagesas part of their early environment and take it through imitation.In Jolobe's poems children learn about:-1. The physical background which constitute geographical location, natural sceneryappropriate for narrative.2. The spiritual background which includes the emotional climate created by religiousmoral, social and psychological conditions. One should note that the speaker's rhymesenable the youngsters to build upon the language facilities and attempts one has toimprove so that a child can communicate in his culture in an affective and productiveway. These poems help the child to keep the sense of nationality, describe their natureland lovingly and understand the essential quality of their own race.Through Jolobe's poems children do not overlook isiXhosa oral heritage at school leveland let oral tradition of the other nations dominate. Furthermore critical theory reflects thatJalobe's rhymes are genuinely poetry meant for fun. Humorous and nonsensical versesoften serve as outlets for laughter and fun. Jolobe's work follows briefly the history of theXhosa nation tracing their tradition, culture and language whereby it reflects the mentalbehaviour of a group and reveal its love and its hatred of certain things.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University