Letsogo La Molao

Rabadia Ratsatsha: Studies in African language, literature, linguistics, translation and lexicography

“…The above description of tragedy can be confirmed by an analysis of Mphahlele's novella Letsogo la Molao (Mphahlele, 1984). This text deals with problems encountered by modern youths in cities.…”

“…This confirms that a flat character is a character without human depth. (Phatudi, 1971) is a text that evokes pathos while Lukas Motšheletšhele (Rammala, 1963) and Letsogo la Molao (Mphahlele, 1984) are tragic texts. The tragic characters are two dimensional (with a good side and an evil side), as seen in the Evangelist Motšheletšhele and Faro.…”

“…On closer examination, Tladi wa Dikgati (Phatudi, 1971) is a text that evokes pathos, just as Lukas Motšheletšhele (Rammala, 1963) and Letsogo la Molao (Mphahlele, 1984) are both tragic texts.…”

“…The tragic text under review is Lukas Motšheletšhele (Rammala, 1963), with brief refernces to Letsogo la Molao (Mphahlele, 1984) and a text that evokes a sense of pathos is Tladi wa Dikgati (Phatudi, 1971).…”

The technique of flashback in selected Northern Sotho literary texts

“…A good example in this regard is Letsogo la Molao (Mphahlele, 1984), in which an incident, the hanging of convicts, occurs at the beginning of the story when the hanging of the outsiders are reported, and is then repeated again at the end, with the hanging of the Faros. The two events are intertwined and perform their function together.…”