Department of Literature and Filming

Comparative analysis of the representation of statecraft in Shakespeare and Ruganda's plays Julius Caesar and the floods

Namusisi, Justine Lugoloobi (Kyambogo University(unpublished), 2013-09-24)

This study compared the representation of statecraft in Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar, and Ruganda's play, The Floods. The study focused on the dramatists' perception of what is involved in the political processes. ...

A critique of governance in Ugandan poetry: a study of selected poems of Henry Barlow, Timothy Wangusa and Susan Kiguli

Namiyingo, Julian (Kyambogo University(unpublished), 2014-12-19)

This study analyzed the portrayal of governance in the selected poems of Henry Barlow, Timothy Wangusa and Susan Kiguli. The study used qualitative research methods and involved critical reading of the selected poems, ...

A sociological critique of materialist fetishism in orson welles' use of cinematography in citizen june (1941)

Ainembabazi, Earnest. B (Kyambogo University(unpublished), 2015-09)

This dissertation examines how Orson Welles uses deep focus photography, expressive high contrast lighting (chiaroscuro) and mise en scene to socially critique materialistic fetishism in Citizen Kane. The dissertation ...

The metaphor of war in political discourse on covid-19 in Uganda

Dorothy, Atuhura (Frontiers in Communication, 2022-02)

The article examines the use of the metaphor of war in political communication on the novel COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda using two analytical tools of the social representation theory, anchoring and objectification. Drawing ...

Landscapes of distant suffering: interrogating humanitarian documentary film representation of “harmful” cultural practices

Dorothy, Atuhura (Journal of African Cultural Studies, 2022)

Although a wide range of media interventions have been at the forefront of global humanitarian campaigns aimed at eradicating cultural body modification practices categorized as “harmful” in global health and development ...

Examining the use of technology in literature teaching and learning at university in Uganda

Dorothy, Atuhura; Rebecca, Nambi (Taylor & Francis Group, 2023)

Even though the use of digital media and technologies has become a dominant ubiquitous norm in teaching and learning experiences at higher education levels in Uganda, there remains a significant dearth of scholarship on ...

Masculinity and gender stereotyping in selected novels by Ugandan female writers

Timbyanga, xavier katunda (Kyambogo University (unpublished work), 2010-05)

Many Ugandan women writers have asserted that although in the sixties and seventies Uganda was producing phenomenal works of literature, "women voice were clearly missing" (Feminist Africa). According to Mary Karooro. ...

Intertextual college in the voice-over translation of American feature films into Luganda: the case of ''Firimu enjogerere''

Mugume, Benjamin (Kyambogo University(Un published work), 2018)

This study examines voice-over translation of American feature films into Luganda as film adaptation which involves the adaptation from film into an oral performance dubbed Firimu Enjogerere. The study therefore runs ...

A structural analysis of selected Ugandan myths and their social cultural legacy

Awio, Zenna K. (Kyambogo University(Un published work), 2017-12)

This study analysed the structures of the selected Ugandan myths and their socio-cultural legacies. The structures of the myths were examined in term of similarities. differences and archetypal ideas. To find out if the ...

Dialectical performance of Uganda's political landscape: a study of the songs of selected Ugandan artists

Nantale, Ruckia (Kyambogo University(Unpublished work), 2021-06)

This study explores the dialectical performance of Uganda’s political landscape in songs of selected artists. It examines the songs produced between 2011-2018 a period when Uganda is under the leadership of the National ...

A comparative analysis of racism and sexism in Shakespeare's Othello and the tempest, and their selected cinematic adaptations

Etori, Edison (Kyambogo University (un published work), 2016-11)

This is a comparative study of the artistic representation of racism and sexism in two different media: the written text and the film text. The primary texts of investigation are two ancient plays by William Shakespeare, ...

A psychoanalytic reading of two Hollywood films, Hotel Rwanda (Terry George:2004) and queen of Katwe (Mira Nair:2016)

Jakuma, Mike (Kyambogo University(Unpublished work), 2020-12)

Using Psychoanalytic film theory, this study investigates the two films made by Hollywood about Africa. These films are Hotel Rwanda (Terry George: 2004, and Queen of Katwe (Mira Nair: 2016). The study examines the Hollywood ...

Classical elements and creative novelty in selected plays of Efua Sutherland, Ola Rotimi and Wole Soyinka

Bamuturaki, Julius (Kyambogo University (un published work), 2019-11)

This study analyzed classical elements and creative novelty in selected plays of Efua Sutherland, Ola Rotimi and Wole Soyinka through a cross-reference to the selected drama of Euripides and Sophocles. The study was guided ...

Articulating the unpalatable truth playfully : didacticism of governance elements in uganda popular music of Mathias Walukagga and Ronald Mayinja

Bodio, Shakira (Kyambogo University [ Unpublished work], 2021-05)

This study aimed to establish the role of popular music in political education by using a case study of Ugandan popular music by Mathias Walukagga and Ronald Mayinja. It was conducted under three specific objectives ...