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Die Stoetmeester deur Etienne van Heerden binne die plaasromantradisie in Afrikaans
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1997) Wasserman, Herman; Viljoen, Louise; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Afrikaans and Dutch.
This study examines Die Stoetmeester by Etienne van Heerden in the context of the tradition of the farm novel in Afrikaans literature in order to determine to what degree the novel follows the tradition and to what degree it deviates from the tradition or adds to it. This is done by firstly examining the early farm novel, a novel type that underwent an upsurge during the Thirties, and then by identifying certain distinctive characteristics that were displayed by the early farm novel. The course of development of the farm novel since the Thirties is subsequently examined to establish to what degree socio-political and literary-technical factors influences this development. Die Stoetmeester, as an example of recent farm novels in Afrikaans, is then examined according to the characteristics of the early farm novel that have been identified. The manner in which the subject is handled in Van Heerden's novel and what similarities with the early farm novels it displays, is then investigated. The differences that can be indicated and the causes for these differences is then examined.