Browsing Department of Literature and Filming by Title
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The aesthetics of Ugandan literature: a study of selected works
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-06)This study set out to critically explore the Aesthetics of Ugandan Prose Fiction in selected literary works, such as Timothy Wangusa’s Upon this Mountain, Violet Barungi’s Cassandra, Mary Karooro Okurut’s Milking a Lioness ... -
Articulating the unpalatable truth playfully : didacticism of governance elements in uganda popular music of Mathias Walukagga and Ronald Mayinja
(Kyambogo University [ Unpublished work], 2021-05)This study aimed to establish the role of popular music in political education by using a case study of Ugandan popular music by Mathias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 ... -
Classical elements and creative novelty in selected plays of Efua Sutherland, Ola Rotimi and Wole Soyinka
(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 ... -
A comparative analysis of racism and sexism in Shakespeare's Othello and the tempest, and their selected cinematic adaptations
(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 comparative analysis of the representation of statecraft in Shakespeare and Ruganda's plays Julius Caesar and the Floods
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2012-09)This study compared the representation of statecraft in Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar, and Ruganda's play, The Floods.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 Comparative study of gender portrayal in Selected African male and female authored novels
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-05)This study is a comparative analysis of the portrayal of gender in selected African male and female-authored literary works, namely, Oyono’s Houseboy, Ocwinyo’s Footprints of the Outsider, Kyomuhendo’s The First Daughter, ... -
A critical analysis of images of women and gender roles in Ankole proverbs and folktales
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2019-10)The study critically analyses the image of women and gender roles in Ankole proverbs and folktales. The study was guided by three objectives: the stylistic aspects of the paralinguistic features in performance of Ankole ... -
A critical study of selected bamasaaba marriage songs
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-10)The study investigates the literariness of selected Bamasaaba Marriage Songs in Namunsi Sub-county, Mbale district. The study was guided by three objectives which include: examination of the moral underpinnings of the ... -
A critical study of the literariness of bamasaba circumcision rituals
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2022-06)This study explored the literariness of Bamasaaba circumcision rituals and songs. It analysed the performance symbols of the rituals and the literary language of the circumcision songs. The study was field based and used ... -
A critique of governance in Ugandan poetry: a study of selected poems of Henry Barlow, Timothy Wangusa and Susan Kiguli
(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, ... -
Deconstruction of the portraitures of the girl child and the boy child in the folktales, proverbs and proverbial names of the Baganda.
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2013-03)This study is a deconstruction of the portraitures of both the girl child and the boy child in thirty selected oral works of the Baganda. The works include folktales, proverbs and proverbial names of the Baganda. Literature, ... -
Dialectical performance of Uganda's political landscape: a study of the songs of selected Ugandan artists
(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 dialectical representation of the de jury and de facto leaders in four of Shakespeare’s political plays
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-10)This study is a critical examination of the dialectical representation of the concepts of De Jury and De Facto leaderships in four of William Shakespeare’s political plays, namely, Macbeth, Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1 and ... -
Discontents of adaption in Hollywood Jesus films
(Kyambogo University [ Unpublished work], 2021)This study examined how Hollywood Jesus films adapt Jesus and the biblical records into motion pictures and the intricacies of transforming the Bible; a sacred written text to many into a cinematic version. The study was ... -
Examining female circumcision among the sabinys from an oral literature’s perspective
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-03)The study examined female circumcision among the Sabiny from an Oral literature perspective. The objectives of the study were; to examine how the Sabiny myths illustrate the centrality of female circumcision, to analyze ... -
Examining the use of technology in literature teaching and learning at university in Uganda
(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 ... -
Genre and narrative in post lra "kwo jungle" music videos
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2019-11)This study examined the music video phenomenon of Kwo Jungle through the lens of a genre approach. Kwo Jungle refers to a colloquial coinage of the English word jungle and the Acoli Kwo which means Life. It denotes ... -
Interrogating transnational documentary film evidence on Uganda’s homophobia
(Intellect, 2016-06-01)The over conspicuousness of Uganda’s homophobia in international media of the twenty-first century is highly commendable for foregrounding the severe abuse of human rights of homosexuals in Uganda. Although this medium ... -
Intertextual college in the voice-over translation of American feature films into Luganda: the case of ''Firimu enjogerere''
(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 ... -
Landscapes of distant suffering: interrogating humanitarian documentary film representation of “harmful” cultural practices
(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 ...