Dawid W De Villiers
Biographic Data
| ID | 1267370 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dawid W De Villiers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dawid W |
| FAMILY NAME | De Villiers |
| SIGNATURE | DE VILLIERS D W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1543-1463 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Okeanos contra oikoumenè
Taking its cue from Hans Blumenberg's theory of “absolute metaphor” this essay aims to challenge a frequently elaborated criticism of the figure of the adversarial ocean as historically inaccurate and wilfully “romantic.” It does so by considering more closely some of the ways in which the nineteenth-century literary texts under consideration invoke the metaphor of the ocean-as-limit at a time when the consolidation of an “Atlantic World” became …
“Van daai plek”
This article examines the significance of the historical musical play "Die ballade van Koos Sas" (2007) in the oeuvre of South African singer-songwriter, David Kramer. Over the past three decades Kramer has increasingly turned his attention to the heterogeneous, multicultural origins of Afrikaans (as language and cultural matrix), as well as the far-reaching effects of the suppression of these origins during the emergence and apotheosis of white …
After the Revolution
Broadly speaking, Ralph Ziman's Jerusalema (2008) belongs to an emergent tradition of South African crime films that date back to Oliver Schmitz's 1988 film, Mapantsula, and which has recently also produced the Academy Award winning Tsotsi (Hood, 2005). Yet in significant ways it also constitutes a departure from that tradition, which since Mapantsula has demonstrated the political and / or social commitment that Fernando Solanas and Octavio Gett…
Imperial Misnomers
In his oeuvre the nineteenth-century American author Herman Melville engages critically with the role of narrative taxonomies in imperial praxis, particularly as they relate to his own country's emergence as imperial nation. The relativising influence of Melville's years at sea is an important factor in shaping the ontologically indeterminate and anti-teleological character of his narratives, which both critically and parodically recall the ways …
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Imperial Misnomers
In his oeuvre the nineteenth-century American author Herman Melville engages critically with the role of narrative taxonomies in imperial praxis, particularly as they relate to his own country's emergence as imperial nation. The relativising influence of Melville's years at sea is an important factor in shaping the ontologically indeterminate and anti-teleological character of his narratives, which both critically and parodically recall the ways …
After the Revolution
Broadly speaking, Ralph Ziman's Jerusalema (2008) belongs to an emergent tradition of South African crime films that date back to Oliver Schmitz's 1988 film, Mapantsula, and which has recently also produced the Academy Award winning Tsotsi (Hood, 2005). Yet in significant ways it also constitutes a departure from that tradition, which since Mapantsula has demonstrated the political and / or social commitment that Fernando Solanas and Octavio Gett…
“Van daai plek”
This article examines the significance of the historical musical play "Die ballade van Koos Sas" (2007) in the oeuvre of South African singer-songwriter, David Kramer. Over the past three decades Kramer has increasingly turned his attention to the heterogeneous, multicultural origins of Afrikaans (as language and cultural matrix), as well as the far-reaching effects of the suppression of these origins during the emergence and apotheosis of white …
Okeanos contra oikoumenè
Taking its cue from Hans Blumenberg's theory of “absolute metaphor” this essay aims to challenge a frequently elaborated criticism of the figure of the adversarial ocean as historically inaccurate and wilfully “romantic.” It does so by considering more closely some of the ways in which the nineteenth-century literary texts under consideration invoke the metaphor of the ocean-as-limit at a time when the consolidation of an “Atlantic World” became …
Philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · South African History and Culture (2 works)