Ukuhlaziywa kwamakhono namangwevu okubhala umbhalo wobuciko enovelini kaSibiya NG ethi, Bengithi Lizokuna

Abstract

Ukubhala imibhalo yobuciko kuncike kakhulu esiphiweni. Bakhona ababhali abakufundele ukubhala imibhalo yobuciko, kepha abanalo  uhlonze olufana nalabo ukubhala imibhalo yobuciko abakwenza ngokwesiphiwo nekhono. Lolu cwaningo luhlonza amakhono okubhala  enovelini kaSibiya ethi, Bengithi Lizokuna. Indlelakwenza esetshenisiwe ikhwalithithethivu okuyindlela ehambisanayo nokucwaningwayo  ngoba lolu hlobo lubheka imicabango, izimvo, ukwenza namasiko abantu abawasebenzisa endleleni yabo yokuphila. Injulalwazi  eyesekele lolu cwaningo inarrative theory egxile ekwethulweni kwezigameko zendaba. Lolu cwaningo luphendula imibuzo efana nale ethi  yimaphi amakhono asetshenziswe uSibiya enovelini ethi, Bengithi Lizokuna, yiziphi izinhloso zokusebenzisa lawo makhono nokuthi  lawo makhono abe namphumela muni ekwethulweni kwendaba. Amakhono acwaningiwe yikhono lokuchaza, ikhono lokulandisa, ikhono  lokuchaza, ikhono lokujeqeza emuva, ikhono lenkulumo mpendulwano, ikhono lokubikezela nekhono lokuxuba izilimi. Imiphumela  yocwaningo iveza ukuthi lezi zinhlobo zamakhono ezisetshenziswe uSibiya enovelini ethi, Bengithi Lizokuna ziveze ukuchaza nokulandisa indaba, zethule nenhloso ngabafundi bendaba ngokusetshenziswa kwekhono lokuxuba izilimi (isiNgisi nesiZulu) okuyindlela  yokukhuluma esetshenziswa ikakhulukazi esikhathini samanje. Kuzuzwe nokuthi isizinda sibe nomthelela omkhulu ekusetshenzisweni  kwaleli khono lokuxuba izilimi. Amanye amakhono enze umsebenzi wokugelezisa izigameko, wokwakha isithombe sesigameko  nokuthokozisa, kanjalo nomlando-mpilo wombhali ube nomthelela phakathi kwezinye izizathu.

A narratological critique of NG Sibiya’s novel, Bengithi Lizokuna

The ways in which an author tells a story to a reader and the strategies employed to create a prose narrative are referred to as narrative  techniques. Narratology has its roots in Aristotle and Hegel, who said that they are ordering of events in discourse. This article analyses  different narratological approaches used by NG Sibiya on his novel, Bengithi Lizokuna, where descriptive and expository techniques,  foreshadowing, dialogue, flashbacks, code-switching, frame story and plot twist techniques are utilised. This study tries to answer  questions about why these techniques are implemented, and how they develop a story. Using a qualitative research method, the causes  are explained using narratology as a theory of analysis. The episodes and excerpts that make up the data were selected from Bengithi  Lizokuna and coded according to the relevant narrative techniques. Data analysis and discussion reveal that the readership, visualising  incidents, entertainment and resonance were among the reasons why Sibiya NG selected these narrative techniques as his story-telling  approach. Additionally, research revealed that the author’s biography and plot had an impact on the narrative technique utilised in this  novel.