Urban and rural characters are perceived differently by some Vhavenda authors. This article examines the perception of urban characters expressed in three novels by three different authors, I.P. Demana, E.S. Madima and E.T. Maumela. These authors present common stereotypes of urban characters as untrustworthy, scheming and dishonest, and contemptuous of those with rural backgrounds. Rural characters are presented as naive and foolish in their dealings with urban characters. People who move from the rural areas to urban settings as migrants are depicted as dropping the moral values of their rural settings.
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