Die spore van Raka: oor herskrywing en kanonisering (Deel 1)

Authors

  • H. P. Van Coller University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
  • A. Van Jaarsveld University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v47i1.50483

Keywords:

canonisation, Raka, N. P. van Wyk Louw, rerealisation

Abstract

Every literary system possesses a canon with the classical canon as the most stable and simultaneously the one with the most restrictive access. Writers and texts can only maintain their position within the canon through continuous rewriting: critical rewriting by literary critics (as shapers of taste and gate-keepers) and creative rewriting by fellow writers. In this study the critical rewriting (and rerealisation) of one of the most acclaimed and seminal texts in Afrikaans literature, Raka (1941), by N. P. van Wyk Louw is scrutinized. Since its publication this verse epic has been firmly entrenched in the classical Afrikaans literary canon and its continuous rewriting / rerealisation can act as a case study of how a literary “masterpiece” is dependent on institutional relationships, relevant characteristics and strategic position-taking within a literary field in order to retain this status. Against the backdrop of a theoretical framework set out in part one of this study, the specifics of Raka’s rewriting / rerealisation is discussed in the second part.

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Author Biographies

  • H. P. Van Coller, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

    H.P. van Coller is hoof van die Departement Afrikaans, Nederlands, Duits en Frans aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat.

  • A. Van Jaarsveld, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

    A. van Jaarsveld is ’n senior lektor in die Departement Afrikaans, Nederlands, Duits en Frans aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat

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Published

2010-04-01

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How to Cite

Van Coller, H. P., & Van Jaarsveld, A. (2010). Die spore van Raka: oor herskrywing en kanonisering (Deel 1). Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde, 47(1), 25-40. https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v47i1.50483