Browsing Research Articles (Modern Foreign Languages) by Title
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Of dirt, disinfection and purgation : discursive construction of state violence in selected contemporary Zimbabwean literature
(Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association, 2018)This paper examines post-independent Zimbabwean literary narratives which engage with how the ruling ZANU-PF government frames dissenting voices as constituting dirt, filth and undesirability. Making use of Achille Mbembe's ... -
Perpetuating the Third World? evaluating knowledge production in the field of German Studies in an African context
(Stellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics, 2016)This paper critically revisits and examines the seemingly outdated concept of the ‘Third World’ by tracing its historical origins with reference to the Three Worlds Theory, and investigates the reasons for the persistent ... -
Polyphony and counterpoint : mechanisms of seduction in the diaries of Helen Hessel and Henri Pierre Roche
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015-06-25)Henri Pierre Roché (1879–1959), the author of Jules et Jim, has been called a general introducer, an exemplary amateur, a collector of women and art and one of the most prolific diarists and active lovers in recorded ... -
Primeurs : les premieres productions litteraires d Henri-Pierre Roche
(Association for French Studies in Southern Africa, 2009)The first literary productions of Henri-Pierre Roché are short stories published in different reviews at the start of the 20th century. This article presents the six short stories in question and analyses their principal ... -
Reluctant Romantics : on the fairy tale poetics of the Brothers Grimm and their relationship to German Romanticism
(AOSIS Publishing, 2014-12-03)The legacy of the Brothers Grimm continues to fascinate readers and researchers alike. The 200-year anniversary of the first publication of their fairy tales sparked a renewed interest in the life, work and times of the ... -
Sprachenpolitik und die Rolle der Fremdsprachen (Deutsch) in Südafrika
(Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, 2009)Taking multilingualism in South Africa into account, this paper investigates language policy, language usage and the role of foreign languages, especially German, within the context of processes of transformation at ...
