"Ons kan maar net versin. En aan ons versinsels glo. Glo wat ander aan ons versin" : die herinnerde verlede in Elsa Joubert se Die reise van Isobelle

dc.contributor.authorBurger, Willie
dc.contributor.emailwillie.burger@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-26T06:09:39Z
dc.date.available2013-09-26T06:09:39Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionThis article was published by Prof. Willie Burger before he joined the University of Pretoriaen_US
dc.description.abstractThe experience of the passage of time and our attempts to remember the past is central in Elsa Joubert’s Die reise van Isobelle (1995) (translated in English as Isobelle’s Journey). In this novel memory and the importance of remembering is contemplated. The novel starts with the end of an era (the Victorian era – described as an era of “innocence” of which we can only recognise the “pattern” afterwards) and closes with the end of an era (the end of apartheid). The ending of two eras draws attention to the passage of time. Remembering the past is a flawed process, often brings a sense of loss, but also contributes finding a way of looking towards the future. In this article the problems with remembering and forgetting is traced in the novel, but also how memory brings new possibilities to confront an uncertain future of which the patterns are not yet discernable. The novel deals specifically with autobiographic memory and the way in which this kind of memory contributes to morality. Ways in which memory can be employed to engage meaningfully with the current situation are indicated.en_US
dc.description.librariangv2013
dc.description.urihttp://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1120769~S1en_US
dc.format.extent12 pagesen_US
dc.format.mediumPDFen_US
dc.identifier.citationBurger, W 2008, '"Ons kan maar net versin. En aan ons versinsels glo. Glo wat ander aan ons versin” : die herinnerde verlede in Elsa Joubert se Die reise van Isobelle', Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 20-31.af
dc.identifier.issn0041-476X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/31809
dc.language.isoAfrikaansaf
dc.publisherTydskrif vir Letterkunde Assosiasieaf
dc.rightsTydskrif vir Letterkunde Assosiasieaf
dc.subjectAutobiographyen_US
dc.subjectElsa Jouberten_US
dc.subjectIsobelle's Journeyen_US
dc.subjectDie reise van Isobelleaf
dc.subjectOutobiografieaf
dc.subjectForgettingen_US
dc.subjectMemoryen_US
dc.subject.lcshMemory in literatureen
dc.subject.lcshAfrikaans literatureen
dc.title"Ons kan maar net versin. En aan ons versinsels glo. Glo wat ander aan ons versin" : die herinnerde verlede in Elsa Joubert se Die reise van Isobelleen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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