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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(Kyambogo University [ Unpublished work], 2021)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 ...
Reconstructing the meaning of Stella Nyanzi’s literary language on facebook
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2019-11)
This study unravels the literariness of Stella Nyanzi‘s language in her Facebook posts to debunk the view held by some critics that Nyanzi is vulgar. The study was guided by three objectives: Stella Nyanzi‘s use of sexual ...
A psychoanalytic reading of two Hollywood films, Hotel Rwanda (Terry George:2004) and queen of Katwe (Mira Nair:2016)
(Kyambogo University(Unpublished work), 2020-12)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 ...
A structural analysis of selected Ugandan myths and their social cultural legacy
(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 ...
Masculinity and gender stereotyping in selected novels by Ugandan female writers
(Kyambogo University (unpublished work), 2010-05)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. ...
A sociological critique of materialist fetishism in orson welles' use of cinematography in citizen june (1941)
(Kyambogo University(unpublished), 2015-09)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 ...
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(Kyambogo University(unpublished), 2014-12-19)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, ...
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. ...