Revolt manifests itself in the spirit of man that "steps forth out of its repose despite of all satisfaction therein, and involves itself in the contradictions of the broken and confused medley of earthly existence" ...

The high sales figures of 'n Droe wit seisoen (Brink, 1979) and De aanslag (Mulisch, 1982) indicate that these novels were extremely well received by the reading public. High sales figures are, however, no guarantee that ...

This research is prompted by the wealth of feminine figurations and the complex intratextual relations between feminine figurations in the poetry of T.T. Cloete as depicted in the volumes Angelliera, Jukstaposisie, Allotroop, ...

Poets often express their ideas on the creative process in essays or poems. Martinus Nijhoff is no exception. He has done just this in his essays on prose, drama and poetry. It naturally follows that the scope of this ...

This dissertation is a historical biography of F.V. Engelenburg (1863-1938) and covers the period from 1889 to 1938, when Engelenburg lived and worked in South Africa. The study situates Engelenburg in the historical ...

Elsabe Steenberg's oeuvre, consisting among others of forty two stories in book format, has four target groups -- preschool children, young children, teenagers and adults. Her narrative work is so richly ...

Research for this study, Symbolism in the poetry of Sheila Cussons, was done on Symbolism as a late nineteenth and early twentieth century art form. Symbolism originated as a reaction against Realism and Intellectualism ...

This study was prompted and justified by the great number of Afrikaans dramas that were written in the early eighties. A study of the dramas of the past decade ensures the topicality of the undertaking. Not only is the ...