This article investigates the topos of geographical displacement from South-Africa to a foreign country in Etienne van Heerden’s novel 30 Nagte in Amsterdam (30 Nights in Amsterdam). The novel tells of the protagonist’s ...

Spatial configuration as narrative technique in Danie Marais's In die buitenste ruimte (In outer space, 2006) Danie Marais's debut poetry collection, entitled In die buitenste ruimte (In outer space), tells the story of ...

A profound reminder of mortality: catabasis, relationality and retrovision in Ingrid Winterbach’s Die benederyk (2010) The aim of this article is to indicate that Die benederyk (The underworld) may be read within the ...

In 30 Nights in Amsterdam, the two main characters, Henk de Melker and his aunt Susan de Melker, migrate (temporarily) to Amsterdam. Although Henk ostensibly goes to Amsterdam to claim an inheritance, it is soon apparent ...

This article investigates the topos of geographical displacement from South-Africa to a foreign country in Etienne van Heerden’s novel 30 Nagte in Amsterdam (30 Nights in Amsterdam). The novel tells of the protagonist’s ...

The title Lot's Wife establishes a relation with the biblical narrative and activates two crucial aspects which play a central role in the anthology: a paradigm of mobility (as seen in the flight the movement away from the ...

This article explores the different aspects of abjection in Neill Blomkamp’s film District 9 (2009), namely abjection and the urban space, the aliens and the process of abjection, and the human body and the state of ...

This article explores the different aspects of abjection in Neill Blomkamp’s film District 9 (2009), namely abjection and the urban space, the aliens and the process of abjection, and the human body and the state of ...

The aim of this article is to explore aspects of relationality in Die sneeuslaper (The Snowsleeper) by Marlene van Niekerk. This analysis of Die sneeuslaper includes the insights of Kaja Silverman as set out in Flesh of ...