‘Ek skree my naam’ – Twee oorlogsverhalen vergeleken: Etienne van Heerdens Om te awol en W.F. Hermans’ Het behouden huis
‘I shout my name’ – two war stories compared: Etienne van Heerden’s Om te awol (To AWOL) and W.F. Hermans’ Het behouden huis (The house of refuge). The authors compare Om te Awol (1984) by the South-African author Etienne van Heerden, and Het behouden huis (1952) by the Dutch writer W.F. Hermans, to show how both writers process the experience of war. These novels, similar in their style, subject and plot, deal with identity in times of war (respectively the Border War and the Second World War) as well as the main character having to face its ensuing severe mental, cultural, and ideological ef... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Literator, Vol 43, Iss 1, Pp e1-e9 (2022) |
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Schlagwörter: | van heerden / w.f. hermans / border war / border literature / second world war / dutch literature / comparative research / identity / African languages and literature / PL8000-8844 |
Sprache: | Afrikaans Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28581799 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.4102/lit.v43i1.1842 |