Product Description
A history of South African literature Part One – Afrikaans literature 17th - 19th centuries
Author: J Koch
Format: Physical Hardcopy
Literary history is a problematic and shifting discourse, especially in the multilingual, post-colonial South African situation. In this book, the author draws on his intimate knowledge of documents written in Dutch during the 17th century and the texts that were produced in this language and its variations as it gradually became Afrikaans by the end of the 19th century.
A History of South African Literature: Afrikaans Literature 17th–19th centuries brings an important expansion and regeneration of Afrikaans historiography within the context of South African literary history.
Contents:
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A History of Afrikaans Literature? Problematising South African Literary Historiography The Afrikaans Language Literary Historiography The Dutch Language and Afrikaans Literature Dutch, Afrikaans and South African Writings The Inclusive Approach The Inclusive Approach in the Present Study Afrikaans Literature and Language Emancipation How Should the Story of Literature be Told?
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I. THE BEGINNINGS OF LETTERS IN SOUTH AFRICA (from 1652 to the mid-19th century) The Dutch period (1652–1795) General Overview The Register Diaries Journals The Oral Tradition The English Period (First Half of the 19th Century) General Overview Song in Honour of the Heroes of Swellendam (Lied ter ere) Anglicisation and the Revival of the Dutch Tradition Marten Douwe(s) Teenstra Voortrekker Writings Theatre in the Cape Early Journalism and the First Printed Texts in Afrikaans
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II. EMANCIPATION OF LITERATURE: THE PERIOD OF LANGUAGE MOVEMENTS (Second Half of the 19th Century) Introductory Remarks Eastern Border Language Movement (Oosgrenstaalbeweging) Cape Town Muslims’ Language Movement (Maleier-Afrikaanse Taalbeweging) The Moravian Brethren Mission Movement and Genadendal Dutch The Afrikaner Language Movement Phase One – The Bible Movement (Bybelvertalingsbeweging): Religious Inspirations Phase Two – The Association of True Afrikaners (Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners): Language Propaganda Phase Three – The Afrikaner League (Afrikanerbond): Domination of Political and National Factors The Dutch Movement (Hollandse Beweging): Reviving Dutch Traditions Conscious Formation of Afrikaans Literature: Organising and Standardising Introductory Remarks Major Representatives A Chronology of South African History up to the Beginning of the 20th Century Selected Bibliography Index of Names
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