The Novel "Tsotsi" and its Adaptation on Film


Term Paper (Advanced seminar), 2010

19 Pages, Grade: 1,3


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Content

1. Introduction

2. Athol Fugard as a writer and the historical context

3. Tsotsi as a novel and Tsotsi as a film - a direct comparison
3.a. General differences
3.a.1. Narrators in novels and pictures in films
3.a.2. The atmosphere
3.a.3. The setting
3.a.4. The language
3.b. The differences in the plots of the two versions
3.b.1. Tsotsi’s gang and the murder of Gumboot Dhlamini (Chapter 1)
3.b.2. Tsotsi’s fight with Boston (Chapter 2)
3.b.3. Tsotsi’s encounter with the baby (Chapter 3)
3.b.4. Tsotsi hides the baby in the ruins (Chapter 4)
3.b.5. The funeral of Gumboot Dhlamini, Boston’s recovery and Tsotsi’s reunification with Butcher and Die Aap (Chapter 5)
3.b.6. Tsotsi’s encounter with Morris Tshabalala (Chapters 6 and 7)
3.b.7. Tsotsi finds a replacement mother in Miriam Ngidi (Chapter 8)
3.b.8. Tsotsi’s childhood (Chapter 9)
3.b.9. Tsotsi’s second encounter with Miriam Ngidi (Chapter 10)
3.b.10. The story of Boston’s life (Chapter 11)
3.b.11. Tsotsi’s death (Chapter 12)

4. Interpretations of the major differences
4.a. The replacement of the apartheid topic
4.b. The different atmospheres in the two works
4.c. The missing narrator and its effect on the plausibility and numerous details
4.d. Apparent commercial reasons for changes in the plot

5. Summary

6. Works cited

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Title
The Novel "Tsotsi" and its Adaptation on Film
College
University of Bayreuth  (Anglophone Literaturen und Kulturen )
Course
HS Africa on Film
Grade
1,3
Author
Year
2010
Pages
19
Catalog Number
V166556
ISBN (eBook)
9783640829163
ISBN (Book)
9783640829323
File size
456 KB
Language
English
Keywords
novel, tsotsi, adaptation, film
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B.A: Uwe Mehlbaum (Author), 2010, The Novel "Tsotsi" and its Adaptation on Film, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/166556

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