Showing papers in "Journal of Literary Studies in 2020"
TL;DR: The authors examines the ways in which the cuisine of the Portuguese diaspora in the USA comes to represent the ethnic heritage of those who produce it, both as the food that holds connotations of...
Abstract: This article examines the ways in which the cuisine of the Portuguese diaspora in the USA comes to represent the ethnic heritage of those who produce it, both as the food that holds connotations of...
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TL;DR: The representation of fat female bodies is a highly contested and fundamentally political activity through which a number of gendered discourses are inscribed on and perpetuated through the constru... as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The representation of fat female bodies is a highly contested and fundamentally political activity through which a number of gendered discourses are inscribed on and perpetuated through the constru...
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TL;DR: Govender's work linked to Cato Manor, in Durban, urgently aims to fill an "empty space" as discussed by the authors, which is due not only to a lost childhood and nostalgia for an erased environment.
Abstract: South African writer Ronnie Govender’s work linked to Cato Manor, in Durban, urgently aims to fill an “empty space”. This is due not only to a lost childhood and nostalgia for an erased environment...
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TL;DR: The authors take as point of departure Frenkel's notion of contemporary, post-transitional South African writing as palimpsestic, and Genette's theory of inter-/hypertextuality in terms of palimppest.
Abstract: Taking as point of departure Frenkel’s notion of contemporary, post-transitional South African writing as palimpsestic, and Genette’s theory of inter-/hypertextuality in terms of palimpsest, the ar...
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Abstract: This article focuses on the concept of “monomyth” or “the hero’s journey”, applied to the character of Satan in the poem Paradise Lost (1667) by John Milton and Roland in the saga of contemporary f...
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TL;DR: This article extended a deliberation on the centrality of the shaman to the spiritual turn in African literatures, where it was argued that Ben Okri and Zakes Mda's respective models of shamanism in African literature in the 19th and 20th centuries were complementary.
Abstract: This article extends a deliberation on the centrality of the shaman to the spiritual turn in African literatures, where it was argued that Ben Okri and Zakes Mda’s respective models of shamanism in...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a reading post-Apartheid whiteness approach to read post apartheid whiteness in literature, and discuss its relation to post-apartheid literature.
Abstract: (2020). Introduction: Reading Post-Apartheid Whiteness. Journal of Literary Studies: Vol. 36, Reading Post-Apartheid Whiteness, pp. 1-8.
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TL;DR: Isherwood spent more than half his life in California and continued to publish novels, novels, tra... as discussed by the authors, in addition to his work with the Hollywood movie studios he continued to published novels, books, and poems.
Abstract: British expatriate writer Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) spent more than half his life in California. In addition to his work with the Hollywood movie studios he continued to publish novels, tra...
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TL;DR: In this article, Okri's antidote to the proposition that the "normal" world is an asylum for mind control is presented. But, as Okri argues, "The Freedom Art...
Abstract: This article seeks to unveil Ben Okri’s antidote to the proposition that the “normal” world is an asylum for mind control. Acknowledging its rich literary undercurrent, I posit that The Freedom Art...
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TL;DR: This paper present a critical reading of a purposive sample of popular cultural expressions from various sites as they relate to the emergence of narratives of white victimhood in South-Africa.
Abstract: In this article, I present a critical reading of a purposive sample of popular cultural expressions from various sites as they relate to the emergence of narratives of white victimhood in South Afr...
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TL;DR: This article examined two book covers to discover how their telling images and condensed tales of war are related to the books' interior content, and scrutinized A'zam Hosseini's Da (2008) and i...
Abstract: The present study examines two book covers to discover how their telling images and condensed tales of war are related to the books’ interior content. We scrutinize A’zam Hosseini’s Da (2008) and i...
TL;DR: Watoto wa Maman’tilie (lit. Children of a Woman Street Food Vendor), a Swahili novel by a Tanzanian writer Emmanuel Mbogo, narrates the horrendous experiences of children who are forced to drop out of school as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Watoto wa Maman’tilie (lit. Children of a Woman Street Food Vendor), a Swahili novel by a Tanzanian writer Emmanuel Mbogo, narrates the horrendous experiences of children who are forced to drop out...
TL;DR: A study of Okri's In Arcadia (2002) concerns itself with the author's psychological, emotional and artistic identity; torn as he is between Afri... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Set against Anzaldua’s seminal text, Borderlands, this study of Okri’s In Arcadia (2002) concerns itself with the author’s psychological, emotional and artistic identity; torn as he is between Afri...
TL;DR: Ivan Vladislavic's 1993 novel The Folly has received less critical attention than his other writing as mentioned in this paper, but it was republished recently and, in this article, I read the Folly as a text that, from t...
Abstract: Ivan Vladislavic’s 1993 novel The Folly has received less critical attention than his other writing. The novel was republished recently and, in this article, I read The Folly as a text that, from t...
TL;DR: In this paper, a discussion on migrant theatre in South Africa is given, with special reference to Mike van Graan's play When Swallows Cry (2017), and a short background is given.
Abstract: In this article a discussion on migrant theatre in South Africa is given, with special reference to Mike van Graan’s play When Swallows Cry (2017). In the introduction a short background is given i...
TL;DR: The material imperialism of the home is discussed in Paule Marshall's The Chosen Place as mentioned in this paper. But it is not discussed in this book. But in the fictional Caribbean country Bourne Island, where this novel about post-World War...
Abstract: “The Material Imperialism of the Home” in Paule Marshall’s The Chosen Place, The Timeless People argues that in the fictional Caribbean country Bourne Island, where this novel about post-World War ...
TL;DR: This paper explored links between these experiences and the development of characters in my novels and short stories, most of which were based on my own and some of my family's search for home and belonging.
Abstract: This article draws on my own and some of my family’s search for home and belonging, exploring links between these experiences and the development of characters in my novels and short stories, mostl...
TL;DR: Borders between states are spaces of aggression and anxiety about ownership, inclusion, exclusion and group identity, and they are often reinforced by shows of force that can yield to violence as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Borders between states are spaces of aggression and anxiety about ownership, inclusion, exclusion and group identity, and they are often reinforced by shows of force that can yield to violence. Apa...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce Representations of Home: Conflict and/or (be)longing: Thinking with Stories and Images, and present a collection of essays on the representation of home.
Abstract: (2020). Introduction: Representations of Home: Conflict and/or (Be)longing: Thinking with Stories and Images. Journal of Literary Studies: Vol. 36, Representations of Home, pp. 20-24.
TL;DR: The authors foregrounded the theme of unplanned pregnancy in Sharai Mukono-weshuro's novel Ndakagara ndazviona (1991) and Mabasa's Ndafa here? (2008).
Abstract: This article foregrounds the theme of unplanned pregnancy in Sharai Mukono-weshuro’s novel Ndakagara ndazviona (1991) and Mabasa’s novel Ndafa here? (2008). The article scrutinises the two novelist...
TL;DR: Marlene van Niekerk's Triomf, published in Afrikaans in the year of South Africa's transition to democracy, and in English five years later, remains one of the most powerfully cogent deconstruction.
Abstract: Marlene van Niekerk’s Triomf, published in Afrikaans in the year of South Africa’s transition to democracy, and in English five years later, remains one of the most powerfully cogent deconstruction...
TL;DR: This article considered the descendants of the original white settlers' experience of space and place in terms of the perception of self and other as represented by the male protagonists who feature in the story.
Abstract: The article considers the descendants of the original white settlers’ experience of space and place in terms of the perception of self and other as represented by the male protagonists who feature ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the way in which the dream episode in "Dreaming of Byzantium", a short story in Ben Okri's collection Prayer for the Living (2019), serves as a journey of self-discovery.
Abstract: This article explores the way in which the dream episode in “Dreaming of Byzantium”, a short story in Ben Okri’s collection Prayer for the Living (2019), serves as a journey of self-discovery. It b...
TL;DR: The authors outline a map of typologies of representations of home, seeking to illuminate the nature of the different issues contained therein, as well as the underlying feelings a person has about home.
Abstract: In this article my aim is to outline a map of typologies of representations of home, seeking to illuminate the nature of the different issues contained therein, as well as the underlying feelings a...
TL;DR: In 1988 J.M. Coetzee published White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa, formulating landscape as inherently entangled with problematic notions of white identity and belonging.
Abstract: In 1988 J.M. Coetzee published White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa, formulating landscape as inherently entangled with problematic notions of white identity and belonging. Coet...
TL;DR: In the case of post-apartheid South African Young Adult (YA) fiction, like other literary genres, has the power to frame historical discourses of the apartheid era in significant ways as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Post-apartheid South African Young Adult (YA) fiction, like other literary genres, has the power to frame historical discourses of the apartheid era in significant ways. In the case of much post-ap...
TL;DR: The authors seek to establish aesthetic analysis as an integral approach to post-colonial literature, taking attention to form and depictions of beauty to stand for aesthetic qualities, and propose an aesthetic analysis approach for post-colonization literature.
Abstract: This article seeks to establish aesthetic analysis as an integral approach to post-colonial literature, taking attention to form and depictions of beauty to stand for aesthetic qualities. More spec...
TL;DR: The Eurasian writer, Simone Lazaroo, has lived most of her life in Australia and her fiction seeks to reconnect with a cultural heritage to re-establish a sense of home and belonging.
Abstract: The Eurasian writer, Simone Lazaroo, has lived most of her life in Australia. Her fiction seeks to reconnect with a cultural heritage to re-establish a sense of home and belonging, a move that is b...
TL;DR: The authors investigated the names of the characters in Yann Martel's Life of Pi and found that they reflect aspects of spirituality and post-modernism in the author's life of Pi.
Abstract: Although scholarship has reflected on aspects of spirituality and postmodernism in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, the curious and colourful names of the characters have not yet been investigated in any ...
TL;DR: The authors discusses the contribution of Govender, a South African writer, to build decolonial sensibilities and delink from the grand narrative of the colonial literary landscape in the South African literature.
Abstract: This article discusses the contribution of Ronnie Govender, a South African writer, to build decolonial sensibilities and delink from the grand narrative of the colonial literary landscape in the s...