Review of Literary Features in the Short Story “Le Fa O Ka E Buela Lengopeng…”

Richard Lephethi Moloele  ORCID iD & Gobonamang Eunice Mookapilo ORCID iD 

Issue: Vol.6  No.5 Issue Article 4 pp. 414-424
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.2025654 | Published online 11th April, 2025
© 2025 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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The short story typically has certain features that distinguish it from other forms of writing. For example, it has a compact plot; brevity is key. This paper examines how the author of ‘Le fa o ka e buela lengopeng’ structured the short story giving due consideration to aspects of the story such as its title, introduction, plot, suspense, characters as well as the theme in his book. It must be tightly structured; its language must be distilled and precise. The characteristics will be analyzed in ‘Le fa o ka e buela lengopeng’, and a determination made as to whether the author has successfully presented a well-written short story. The paper relies on the Narratology Theory. The author was able to reflect all the requisite essential elements of a short story in his work. The short story starts well with a provocative beginning and ends in a way that displays, depicts, and provides a solution to the problem shown in the introduction. The author was successful in writing his short story. This study contributes significantly to the body of knowledge by providing a comprehensive analysis of the structural elements and narrative techniques employed in the short story ‘Le fa o ka e buela lengopeng’.

Keywords – Plot, Short Story, Writer, Characters.

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Richard Lephethi Moloele is a Setswana lecturer at Sol Plaatjie University, in Human Science Department. He has graduated more than 5 master’s students and 8 honours students. His research interest is in Education, Setswana and IKS.

Gobonamang Eunice Mookapilo is a Setswana lecturer at Sol Plaatjie University, in Human Science Department. She is co-supervising one Setswana master’s student

Moloele, Richard Lephethi, and Gobonamang Eunice Mookapilo. “Review of Literary Features in the Short Story “Le Fa O Ka E Buela Lengopeng…”,” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 6, no.5 (2025): 414-424. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.2025654

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