Probing the Structuralist Analysis of a Selected isiXhosa Short Story, ‘Ukuzibulala Akusiso Isisombululo’ (Suicide Is Not the Solution), as a Literary Work

Mental health crises and suicide continue to plague young men and women in South Africa, and not irrefutably secluding other age groups. While scholarly and non-scholarly dialogues pivot to address this conundrum, isiXhosa short stories as a literary art are no exception. As a result, this article aims to conceptualise how mental health crises and suicide are mirrored in ‘Ukuzibulala Akusiso Isisombululo’ (Suicide Is Not the Solution). The objective was to unravel the interplaying meanings in...