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Browsing Artykuły naukowe (WA) by Subject "Afrikaans literature"

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    Afrikaanse plaas versus Antilliaanse plantage. Ruimte, lokaliteit en identiteit in "Mijn zuster de negerin" van Cola Debrot
    (Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Society, University of Pretoria, 2006) Koch, Jerzy
    African farm versus Antillean plantation. Propositions formulated with reference to one literary tradition could have a stimulating effect on research conducted in another. This contribution is aimed at establishing whether it is possible to analyse Dutch Antillean literature with Afrikaans literary concepts. To illustrate this, Cola Debrot’s (1902-1981) "Mijn zuster de negerin" (My sister, the Negress, 1935) will be placed within the framework of the Afrikaans plaasroman (farm novel). This historical subgenre of the South African novel came to full bloom in the 1930s and 1940s. Central to the plaasroman is the farm-experience. The fact that contemporary Afrikaans authors are still interested in this novelistic mode testifies to its viability, which derives from the ample scope it provides for giving expression to problems concerning identity and locality. "Mijn zuster de negerin", a true classic of Dutch literature, is studied here through the prism of the most typical elements of the plaasroman, for example the close connection with the soil and with nature, the space of the rural districts, the 'plaas' as an idyllic place, the motif of the prodigal son, the rejection and acceptance of an inheritance/a legacy, the motif of the ancestors and rebellion against the older generation or the patriarchal order. Special emphasis is placed on the motif of house/homestead and barnyard, as the experience of these spaces contains the quintessence of all the other important motifs. Since the issue of identity and locality is central also to Debrot’s novella, the Afrikaans plaasroman provides an expansive framework within which this Dutch story can be interpreted.
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    Celliers se "Uitkyk" in Pole. Doelbewuste of toevallige parallelle tussen Martjie van Jan F.E. Celliers en "Pan Tadeusz" van Adam Mickiewicz?
    (Literator : Journal of Literary Criticism, Comparative Linguistics and Literary Studies, 2001) Koch, Jerzy
    This article focuses on the relations between different literary texts that are exemplified here by the parallelism between epic poems in Afrikaans (written by Jan F.E. Celliers) and in Polish (by Adam Mickiewicz). The article analyses the knowledge of Polish national matters within South Africa at the beginning of the 20th century. The article presents an outline of the biography of Adam Mickiewicz, the most important Polish romantic poet. It also discusses the likelihood of Celliers becoming acquainted with "Pan Tadeusz" while staying in Switzerland. Rereading Celliers’s "Martjie" against the background of Mickiewicz’s "Pan Tadeusz" not only opens a new perspective for the formulation of an innovative hypothesis about influences and dependencies in literature, but also for a reinterpretation of the tradition of early Afrikaans patriotic literature. Using the concept of intertextuality as a point of departure, I aim to examine the astonishing parallelisms between "Martjie" and "Pan Tadeusz", evident on different levels of analysis. I also try to demonstrate that this was a typical element of Celliers’s erudition and poetical practice.
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    "Die wêreld se toomlose onderstebokeer-passie" — die boerehuis, arbeid en etniese mobilisasie in "Bywoners" (1919) van Jochem van Bruggen
    (University of the Free State - Universiteit van die Vrystaat, 2003) Koch, Jerzy
    As brief as a novella, and published years before D F Malherbe’s "Die meulenaar" (1926) and C M van den Heever’s "Op die plaas" (1927) — generally cited as the first Afrikaans pastoral novels — "Bywoners" (1919) by Jochem van Bruggen nevertheless shares many of the characteristics of the pastoral novel. This article focuses on Van Bruggen’s portrayal of the milieu: the representation of the farmhouses of the time and the spatial situation of houses and other farm buildings. It demonstrates that both this portrayal and its socio-critical implications are firmly anchored in the narrative. The depiction of labour and ethnic mobilisation is also examined in this regard. In conclusion, it is argued that Van Bruggen’s socio-critical and hence didactic objective in writing "Bywoners" was to effect a change in the mentality of the impoverished Afrikaners of his day.
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    Rondom de Ander in "Na die geliefde land" van Karel Schoeman
    (Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging, 2002) Koch, Jerzy
    The aim of this article is to analyse the novel "Na die geliefde land" (1972) by Karel Schoeman, by interpreting the function of 'hulle' ('they') as a category of alienation/distancing. Schoeman presented a future vision of South Africa controlled by an unidentified group of 'them' and showed Afrikaners as a marginalized group, forced to live on farms. A narrow political interpretation dominated in the reception of this book, which was treated as a simulation of the development of the political situation in South Africa. The key argument of this article is that the indeterminate representation of the situation after the revolution is not a weakness of this novel, but a conscious strategy of the author. The article argues that problems concerning political revolution ('Who', 'Why', 'When') are not that relevant in a reading of the novel because "Na die geliefde land" deals mainly with an Afrikaner community’s reactions to a changed situation.