Parodierende en nie-parodierende verwerkings van Bybelse gegewens in die Afrikaanse poesie sedert 1960

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates Biblical elements in Afrikaans poetry since 1960.Seeing that many researchers link this period to postmodernism, the poemsare discussed with reference to Linda Hutcheon's theory about the ideologicalcutting edge of postmodernist texts. Moreover, it is often pointed out thatparody is a preferred method of intertextuality in postmodernism, maskingcriticism by creating a critical distance between the background text and thenew text. Seeing that the period from 1960 onwards in South Africa is alsotypefied by a revival of the resistance campaign and struggle literature,Biblical elements are often appropriated by writers to allow Jesus to, in effect,take part in the struggle. The study focuses on the different ways in which - aswell as the reasons why - Christian elements are utilised in recent poems.Although a variety of Biblical elements appear in Afrikaans poetry, it will belimited in this study to The Shepherd Psalm, The Lord's Prayer and The JesusFigure.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University