Historisiteit van resente Afrikaanse historiese fiksie oor die Anglo-Boereoorlog

dc.contributor.authorPretorius, F. (Fransjohan)
dc.contributor.emailfransjohan.pretorius@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-03T06:52:47Z
dc.date.available2016-03-03T06:52:47Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractAuthors of creative writing in the Afrikaans language find a rich source of dramatic material in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899 to 1902. Themes from this war that lend themselves superbly to be woven into historical novels and short stories, are the concentration camps (where 28 000 Boer civilians died); the bitterness that plagued Afrikaners in the aftermath of the war; the pride in Boer heroism on the battlefield; important historical figures; treason that lurked in Boer ranks; the relations, usually fraught, with the British, with black people, with fellow-burghers and those with Boer women, often at an individual level. Then there were the experiences of prisoners of war; and the Boers’ heartfelt religiosity—on the one hand the deepening of the spiritual experience and on the other the incidence of apostasy; the disillusionment of defeat; and the challenge of reconstruction after the war. In this paper recent historical fiction that has appeared since 1998 from distinguished Afrikaans writers on the Anglo-Boer War is assessed to establish its historical authenticity. The author determines whether what is portrayed is historically correct; what was possible but verges on the improbable, and what is factually incorrect. The works of Christoffel Coetzee, Ingrid Winterbach, Sonja Loots, P.G. du Plessis, Karel Schoeman, Zirk van den Berg, Margaret Bakkes, Jeanette Ferreira, Engela van Rooyen and Eleanor Baker are assessed. Finally, an attempt is made to indicate the fruits of co-operation between the writer of historical fiction, the publisher and the historian.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2015en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipNasionale Navorsingstigtingen_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.letterkunde.up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPretorius, F 2015, 'Historisiteit van resente Afrikaanse historiese fiksie oor die Anglo-Boereoorlog', Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 61-77.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0041-476X
dc.identifier.other10.4314/tvl.v52i2.5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/51677
dc.language.isoAfrikaansen_ZA
dc.publisherTydskrif vir Letterkunde Assosiasieen_ZA
dc.rightsTydskrif vir Letterkunde Assosiasieen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrikaans historical fictionen_ZA
dc.subjectAnglo-Boer Waren_ZA
dc.subjectHistorical authenticityen_ZA
dc.titleHistorisiteit van resente Afrikaanse historiese fiksie oor die Anglo-Boereoorlogen_ZA
dc.title.alternativeThe historicity of recent Afrikaans historical fiction on the Anglo-Boer Waren_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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