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Name: Thabo T拧hehloane
Location: B Ring 716A Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
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Tel: +27 (0) 11 559 2772
Email:听thabot@uj.ac.za
About Dr. Thabo T拧hehloane
Dr Thabo T拧ehloane is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg. His research investigates the intersections of narrative form, ideology, and the socio-political textures of post-apartheid South Africa, with a particular focus on the black novel and representations of township space. His scholarly work is informed by Marxist literary theory, postcolonial studies, critical theory, and masculinities studies, allowing him to engage questions of identity, cultural memory, and the politics of representation across African and global literary traditions.
He teaches widely in African and diasporic literatures, Shakespeare and Renaissance studies, Romantic and Victorian literatures, critical theory, and South African literary and cultural studies. Before joining UJ, Dr T拧ehloane lectured at Vista 欧美福利100000 (Welkom Campus) and the Central 欧美福利100000 of Technology (Free State).
Qualifications
- MA, African Literature (欧美福利100000 of Witwatersrand)
- PhD, English (欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg)
Teaching and Research Interests
Primary Research Areas:
- Post-apartheid South African black novel
- Township space and spatial imaginaries
- Ideology of form and the politics of narrative
Additional Interests and Expertise:
- African Literature; South African literary and cultural studies
- African American and Caribbean literatures
- Postcolonial studies and racial representation
- Marxist literary theory and critical theory
- Masculinities studies
- Shakespearean studies; Renaissance literature
- Romanticism; the Victorian novel
Current Research
Dr T拧ehloane is currently working on:
- A study of the South African black campus novel through Thando Mgqolozana鈥檚 Unimportance and Niq Mhlongo鈥檚 Dog Eat Dog.
- A book chapter marking the centenary of Thomas Mofolo鈥檚 Chaka, focusing on narrative strategy, ideological contradiction, and mythic imagination.
- A forthcoming article in Social Dynamics on masculinity and township representation in Mhlongo鈥檚 Dog Eat Dog and After Tears.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
- 鈥淎esthetics and Politics.鈥� Textures 1 (2009): 40鈥�74.
- 鈥淕lobalisation and South African Black Political Thought: John Langalibalele Dube and Anton Muziwakhwe Lembede.鈥� Alternation 15.2 (2008): 91鈥�105.
- 鈥淭he Tragic and the Comic: Sello Duiker鈥檚 and Niq Mhlongo鈥檚 Contrasting Visions of Post-Apartheid Society.鈥� English Studies in Africa (2010): 79鈥�90.
- 鈥淭ragic Optimism: Utopia and the Apocalyptic Demise of the World in Duiker鈥檚 Thirteen Cents and The Quiet Violence of Dreams.鈥� Research in African Literatures.
- 鈥淢asculinity in Crisis: Ethical Abdication and Duplicity in Niq Mhlongo鈥檚 Dog Eat Dog and After Tears.鈥� Social Dynamics.
- 鈥淵outhful Fantasy and the Wisdom of Experience in Mzobe鈥檚 Young Blood and Duiker鈥檚 Thirteen Cents.鈥� Alternation (2024).
Book Reviews
- Review of Peter McDonald鈥檚 The Literature Police. Scrutiny.
- Review of Jacob Dlamini鈥檚 Native Nostalgia.
- Review of Chris Marnewick鈥檚 Shepherds and Butchers.
Supervision
Honours Research Essays
- Ameerah Mookdam (2020) 鈥� Re-imagining Feminist Works: 鈥淭he Devil Wears Prada鈥� and 鈥淛ane Eyre鈥�.
- Kgothatso Madibana (2020) 鈥� Transcultural Identity and Nostalgia in Bulawayo鈥檚 We Need New Names.
- Sibusiso Nkambule (2020) 鈥� Radical Feminism in Makholwa鈥檚 Black Widow Society.
- Bongiwe Buthelezi (2021) 鈥� Suicide in Shakespeare鈥檚 Antony and Cleopatra and Othello.
- Tshegofatso Phage (2022) 鈥� Violence as Reactionary Response in Magona鈥檚 Mother to Mother.
- Jabulile Mdlalose (2024) Religious Syncretism and Anti-Syncretism in Ngugi鈥�s The River Between and A Grain of Wheat.
- Lerato Lechesa (2025) Interrogating the Representation of African Masculinities: Failed听听听 Initiation and Manhood in Thando Mgqolozana’s A Man Who is not a Man (2009) and Jeffrey Rakabe鈥檚 Led By Shepherds (2025).
- Vusumuzi Mhlongo (2025) The moral and ethical ambiguity of football as popular culture: A Jamesonian and Machereyan Analysis of Don Lepati鈥檚 The Legend of Zola Mahobe and Mamelodi Sundowns story.
Master鈥檚 Dissertation
- Bayanda Yende (2022) 鈥� Student Voice and Experience in the Post-Apartheid Campus Novel.