Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies articles

Recent articles from Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies

Traveling light and attentively (on occasion): mystics in three novels by Lettie Viljoen/Ingrid Winterbach/Om (somtyds) lig en aandagtig te reis: mistici in drie romans van Lettie Viljoen/Ingrid Winterbach.
August 1, 2008... Abstract By means of references to mystics, the author Lettie Viljoen/ Ingrid Winterbach creates a framework within which characters who exhibit mystic tendencies--namely Fonny Alexander and Boetie Kareltjie ("Buller se plan") and the master ("Landskap met vroue en slang")--can be...

The possibility of an island, or, the double bind of Houellebecq's apocalypse: when the end is not the end/The possibility of an island: of, die dilemma van Houellebecq se apokalipse: wanneer die einde nie die einde is nie.
August 1, 2008... Abstract The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that "The possibility of an island" (2005), the latest novel by the controversial French author Michel Houellebecq, utilises a variety of so-called marginal genres such as millennial, apocalyptic, Utopian writing and science fiction...

Memory, history and oblivion in Horrelpoot by Eben Venter/Geheue, geskiedenis en vergetelheid in Horrelpoot deur Eben Venter.
August 1, 2008... Abstract "Horrelpoot" by Eben Venter joins the ranks of other postapartheid Afrikaans literature that reflects different sides of memory, history and guilt. This article explores the different constructs of memory--laced with rich Jungian archetypal images--that are portrayed in...

Words as signs and signatures--iconicity in poetic texts/Woorde wat teken en be-teken--ikonisiteit in die poesie.
August 1, 2008... Abstract In this article aspects of iconicity in language and in poetic texts are discussed. The recent renewed interest in the anti-arbitrary debate is used as a point of departure in order to examine the iconic characteristics and the iconic functions of language and poetic texts. Some...

Mirror images in the work of Ingrid Jonker and Sylvia Plath/ Spieelbeelde in die werk van Ingrid Jonker en Sylvia Plath.
August 1, 2008... Abstract Writing poetry has an element of healing in it, but how does it work? Plath and Jonker continually wrote about mirror images, eyes and questions of identity. Different psychological theories surrounding this issue, including those of Winnicott, Jung and Lacan, are discussed....