Lucwaningo ngekuvetwa kwebalingisi emagcogcweni lamabili lakhetsiwe: umhlaba uyahlaba naletsi emahemuhemu

Abstract

Lolucwaningo lutsintsa kusetjentiswa kwebalingisi etindzabeni letimfishane letingemashumi lamabili letikhetfwe emagcogcweni lamabili: Umhlaba Uyahlaba nalelitsi, Emahemuhemu. Tinhlobo tebalingisi letibalwako nguleti letilandzelako: umlingisisicaba, umlingisindilinga, umlingisi lomcoka, ummeleli, imbangi nemelekeleli. Emasu ekuvetwa kwebalingisi kubukwe lawa lalandzelako: kucanjwa kwemagama, balingisi batikhulumela bona, sifanisongco netimphawu. Balingisi babukwe kusukela ekucaleni kwendzaba lemfishane kuye kufinyelelwe esiphetfweni. Ligalelo labo libukwe etigamekweni letilandzelanako, ludvweshu, luvutfondzaba, nelupholavutfondzaba. Lucwaningo luholwa luhlelolwati lwetembhalo nendlela yemisebenti.

This is an analytic study of character portrayal in twenty selected Siswati short stories, selected from two books entitled: Umhlaba Uyahlaba (The world has thorns) and Emahemuhemu (Rumors). The types of characters such as flat, round, main, protagonist, antagonist, and tritagonist are categorised and analysed. The techniques of character delineation through naming, character on characters, metaphoric and symbolic representations. The characters are looked at from the beginning of each selected short story to denuoment. Their role is highlighted throughout a series of events, conflicts, climax, and anti-climax. The study is guided by textual, experimental theory and functional analysis.