Kan die slaaf praat? Die stem van die slaaf in enkele Brink-romans
| dc.contributor.author | Viljoen, Louise | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-23T11:51:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-23T11:51:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Viljoen, L. 2002. Kan die slaaf praat? Die stem van die slaaf in enkele Brink-romans. Stilet, 14(2). | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article focuses on the representation of slaves in André Brink's novels, taking as a point of departure Gayatri Spivak's article "Can the Subaltern speak?". Spivak reflects on the situation of the postcolonial intellectual who presumes to give voice to those excluded from conventional historiography. Slaves can be considered 'voiceless', either because there exist very few ego-documents in which they expressed themselves in writing, or because their subjectivity was negated, or else what they said was not accepted or deemed worthwhile; they either had no political voice or their history and stories were not always considered important enough to be recorded. The writer who tries to represent slaves in his writing therefore has to contend with the problem of "masquerading as the absent non-representer who lets the oppressed speak for themselves" (to quote Spivak). The danger also exists that giving voice to the voiceless and speaking on behalf of the voiceless could be seen as a renewed attempt to exert a form of authority over them and to appropriate their voices for personal gain. The article discusses the narrative strategies that Brink employs in the representation of slave and indigenous characters in the novels 'n Oomblik in die wind (1975), Houd-den-bek (1982), Inteendeel (1993) and Donkermaan (2000). | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 25 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Stilet: Tydskrif vir die Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1996-7462 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1996-7462 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1748-9098 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/75237 | |
| dc.language.iso | af | |
| dc.publisher | Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging | |
| dc.rights.holder | Author retains copyright | |
| dc.subject.other | Brink, Andre P. | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Kan die slaaf praat? Die stem van die slaaf in enkele Brink-romans | af_ZA |
| dc.type | Article |
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