Die slagveld van teks en betekenis : enkele aspekte in die dramatiek van Breyten Breytenbach

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The productions of Breyten Breytenbach's dramas created unprecedented (negative)reaction amongst the audience members. The themes and the representation of thesethemes through the use of language and images caused the alienation of manyaudience members. One of the main causes of alienation was the problem theaudience had in understanding the text.The two Afrikaans dramas, Boklied and Die Toneelstuk will be placed in thepostmodern theatrical tradition to give a methodology for the reading of the texts.The study also examines the nature of intertextuality to show how the use ofintertextuality helps to create meaning.The theatrical productions bring the texts to life and therefore the study will also referto the productions of these texts. The experience of a postmodern theatre piece doesnot imply that no meaning can be attributed to language and action. The attributionof meaning in production and texts like Boklied and Die Toneelstuk is not alwaysbased on the use oflanguage. The audience/reader of these texts becomes the cocreatorsof meaning. This study tries to show a range of interpretations and possiblemeanings of these texts.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University