Tokkelossie, "'n Boesman, outa Hendrik" en ontkennende close readings

dc.contributor.authorWillemse, Hein (Heinrich Stephen Samuel)
dc.contributor.emailhein.willemse@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-02T07:56:50Z
dc.date.available2009-07-02T07:56:50Z
dc.date.issued2008-12
dc.description.abstractHierdie artikel ondersoek in twee hoofafdelings die veranderende opvattings van Afrikanervolksverhaalkenners en letterkundiges ten opsigte van gekose inheemse Suider-Afrikaanse volksvertellings. Met die opkoms van Afrikanernasionalisme aan die einde van die negentiende eeu het jong Afrikaneraktiviste dikwels inheemse volksvertellings in die ontplooiing van 'n ontluikende Afrikaanse literêre tradisie ingevoer. Aanvanklik was die oorsprong en die outentisiteit van die geskrewe weergawes van hierdie oorspronklike opvoerings nie in die gedrang nie. Teen die middel van die twintigste eeu, 'n era wat saamhang met 'n meer selfversekerde Afrikanernasionalisme, begin enkele Afrikanervolkskunskenners die oorspronklike verklarings in twyfel trek. Een besonder gesaghebbende ontwikkel standpunte wat in hoofsaak Europese beïnvloeding en strukturele verfyning eerder as inheemse oorspronge vooropstel. Die tweede afdeling sluit aan by die eerste met 'n bespreking van die verhaal "Klein Riet-alleen-in-die-Roerkuil" uit "Dwaalstories en ander vertellings" (1927) geskryf deur Eugène N. Marais. As 'n rondreisende storieverteller het Hendrik aanvanklik die verhaal opgevoer wat Marais onmiddellik neergeskryf het. In die afgelope paar dekades het 'n aantal navorsingsartikels verskyn met hoofsaaklik werkimmanente, teoretiese vertrekpunte wat die rol van die aanvanklike verteller geringskat of verdag maak ter wille van die skrywersestetiek van Marais. Hierdie artikel tree in gesprek met hierdie interpretasies en argumenteer dat Hendrik se rol as verteller na behore herstel en sy vaardigheid as die skepper van die aanvanklike opvoering erken moet word.af
dc.description.abstractENGLISH: This article explores in two main sections the changing perceptions of Afrikaner folklorists and literary critics on the origins of selected indigenous Southern African oral tales. With the emergence of Afrikaner Nationalism at the end of the nineteenth century, young Afrikaner activists often incorporated indigenous folktales in the development of a nascent Afrikaans literary tradition. Initially, the origins and the authenticity of such written-down versions of performances were rarely in dispute. However, around the mid-twentieth century, a period that coincides with a more confident Afrikaner Nationalism, Afrikaner folklorists came to doubt these original explanations. One prominent scholar in particular advanced views that seemed to favour European influence and structural refinement rather than indigenous origination. The second section ties in with the first in a discussion of the tale, "Klein Riet-alleen-in-die-Roerkuil" from "Dwaalstories en ander vertellings" (1927) by Eugène N. Marais. An intinerant storyteller, Hendrik, originally performed the tale which Marais, immediately following the performance, committed to print. Lately a body of scholarly literature, mostly close readings, came about which diminishes the role of the initial performer in favour of Marais' writerly aesthetics. The article takes issue with these interpretations and argues for the restoration and recognition of Hendrik's role as the creator of the initial performances.en
dc.identifier.citationWillemse, H 2008, 'Tokkelossie, "'n Boesman, outa Hendrik" en ontkennende close readings', Literator, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 57-73. [http://www.puk.ac.za/literator/]af
dc.identifier.issn0258-2279
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/10610
dc.language.isoAfrikaansaf
dc.publisherBureau for Scholarly Journalsen_US
dc.rightsBureau for Scholarly Journalsen_US
dc.subjectAfrikaanse volksverhaleaf
dc.subjectHendrik (c.1813-191?)en_US
dc.subjectKulturele hibriditeitaf
dc.subjectKultuurvermengingaf
dc.subjectMarais, E.N. : Dwaalstories en ander vertellings (1927)af
dc.subjectTokkelossieaf
dc.subjectVon Wielligh, G.R. : Dire stories soos deur di Hottentots ferteld (1907)dut
dc.subjectAfrikaans folkloreen_US
dc.subjectCultural hybridityen_US
dc.subjectCultural interactionen_US
dc.subjectTikolosheen_US
dc.subjectAfrikaner nationalismen
dc.subjectIndigenous folktalesen
dc.subjectPerformancesen
dc.subject.lcshFolklore -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshSan (African people) -- Folkloreen
dc.subject.lcshCultural fusionen
dc.subject.lcshLiterature and folklore -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshFolkloristsen
dc.subject.lcshLitterateursen
dc.subject.lcshOral tradition in literatureen
dc.subject.lcshAuthenticity (Philosophy)en
dc.subject.lcshStorytellersen
dc.titleTokkelossie, "'n Boesman, outa Hendrik" en ontkennende close readingsaf
dc.title.alternativeTikoloshe, “a Bushman, outa Hendrik” and denialist close readingsen_US
dc.typeArticleaf

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