C. N. Van der Merwe

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

Although written from within a South African context, this book has a much wider relevance. It offers illuminating perspectives on the process of 'narrating our healing': the sharing of personal narratives, the appropriation of literary narratives, and above all, the re-creating of life narratives shattered by trauma.

Perspectives on Working Through Trauma

Narrating Our Healing

South African Narratives in Town and Countryside

Strangely Familiar

Hein Viljoen

Watter idee sal blindes van n olifant he? Miskien dink hulle dis n muur, n pilaar of n slang. Dit is di analogie wat uitgebuit word in hierdie eerste Afrikaanse inleidende handboek tot die literatuurwetenskap.

'n inleiding tot die literatuurwetenskap

Alkant Olifant

Hans Ester

Etty Mulder

Woordeloos tot verhaal' is in menig opzicht een baanbrekend werk. Het brengt 24 onderzoekers uit verschillende disciplines bij elkaar om vanuit een scala van perspectieven helderheid te verschaffen over het trauma als centraal gegeven in de menselijke samenleving. Nieuw is tevens de samenwerking tussen Afrikaanstalige en Nederlandstalige auteurs. Zij hebben elkaar gevonden vanuit een gemeenschappelijke belangstelling en werden gestimuleerd door de verwantschap tussen hun talen.

Trauma en narratief in Nederlands en Afrikaans

Woordeloos tot Verhaal

What happens when we cross a significant boundary? We step into an unsettling in-between zone, where we have to abandon accepted structures and truths. Yet this liminal zone can also open up possibilities for inner transformation, leading to the birth of a new sense of fellowship. Since 1994, South Africans have been experiencing the anxieties of old structures breaking down and of new ones being built - a process that South African authors have been powerfully representing and questioning. Beyond the Threshold analyzes the transformative powers of liminal states and hybridizing processes in literature. Its authors discuss a wide range of intriguing liminal characters, dangerous liminal situations, and unique transformations in recent books mainly from South Africa. These books tell the compelling stories of marginal characters, giving their stories moral authority while exploring their transformative possibilities.

C. N. Van der Merwe

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