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Autor:
Antjie Krog
Publikováno v:
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Vol 47, Iss 2 (2017)
For the purpose of the D. J. Opperman memorial lecture at Stellenbosch the writer took one of this poet’s most well-known credos who maintained under the influence of Keats that the poet should be ‘colourless’, i.e. without any agenda in order
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/31aaa608c3cb4584be445d97c9e2d12d
Autor:
Pierre Leroux
Publikováno v:
Itinéraires, Vol 2016, Iss 2 (2017)
King Shaka, the founding father of the Zulu empire, has been an inspiration for African authors, whether they write in French or in English. Among all those rewritings of History, the Congolese poet Tchicaya U Tam’si stands out as he bases his work
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/523c0deee3874f49bbb4d0962327dfdf
Autor:
Louise Viljoen
Publikováno v:
Tydskrif vir letterkunde; Vol. 59 No. 1 (2022); 25-37
In this article, I read the Dutch poet Alfred Schaffer’s volume of poetry Mens dier ding (Man animal thing) against the background of transnationalism. I employ transnationalism as critical or hermeneutic perspective and focus on the identity of th
Autor:
Antjie Krog
Publikováno v:
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Vol 53, Iss 2 (2016)
Thomas Mofolo never defended himself against accusations that his novel Chaka distorts historical facts to express anti-Nguni sentiments under the guise of Christianity. But in a way he foreshadowed the possibility of it, by including as part of his
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/2d8e6b1da886420b8982c8a6296f09e2
Autor:
Alexia Vassilatos
Publikováno v:
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Vol 53, Iss 2 (2016)
Often, literary cultures from Anglophone Africa and Francophone Africa are treated as separate intellectual spheres. In this paper, I seek to understand the dialogue between these cultures. Thomas Mofolo’s novel Chaka (1925), drawn from oral lore a
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/64369ca1499647b4a367516a1496ea8c
Autor:
Alfred Schaffer
Publikováno v:
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Vol 53, Iss 2 (2016)
In January 2014, I published a Dutch poetry volume Mens Dier Ding (Man Animal Thing) in the Netherlands and Belgium. The book is partly based on research around the historical figure of Chaka, and especially Chaka’s fictional representation in thre
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/fe483890e14d452ba417f0da1daad528
Autor:
Moroesi R Nakin, Inie J Kock
Publikováno v:
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Vol 53, Iss 2 (2016)
This paper aims to explore the strategies applied during the translation of chosen passages from the original Sesotho text of Chaka by Thomas Mofolo into English. Insights expressed here originate from participation in the translation workshops durin
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/49d51851094c431386a8b73a9d58bbd6
Autor:
Stephen Gill
Publikováno v:
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Vol 53, Iss 2 (2016)
A substantial corpus of research has been published on Thomas Mofolo since the 1930s. Earlier portraits of Mofolo as a person leave much room for further amplification and improvement. The present research seeks to greatly enhance our understanding o
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/0928e8db51c341f6b6777b8514cf31af
Autor:
Katt Lissard
Publikováno v:
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Vol 53, Iss 2 (2016)
This brief exploration of the potential connections and interconnections between Thomas Mofolo, Gertrude Stein and W. E. B. Du Bois began as a result of happenstance but quickly transformed into an investigation fuelled by a sense of wonder and myste
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/cd56cc277f4142bd9e2cac1aa53c6855
Autor:
Limakatso Chaka
Publikováno v:
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Vol 53, Iss 2 (2016)
Mofolo's novel Pitseng (1910) (Pitseng: The search for true love) is a conversion narrative which deals with the transition of society from tradition to modernity. The author utilises a double quest narrative and a love story to represent major chall
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f10edb5a8e744e488d246ca5af61828b