Michiel Heyns
Biographic Data
| ID | 3858970 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michiel Heyns |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michiel |
| FAMILY NAME | Heyns |
| SIGNATURE | HEYNS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Irreparable Loss and Exorbitant Gain
This essay attempts an after-the-fact reflection on the process of translating a complex literary text, Marlene van Niekerk's Agaat. Central to the essay is the question of whether a translation should “foreignise” or “domesticate” the text, or as Umberto Eco puts it: “should a translation lead the reader to understand the linguistic and cultural universe of the source text, or transform the original by adapting it to the reader's cultural and li…
From The Reluctant Passenger
Research Article| October 01 2004 From The Reluctant Passenger Michiel Heyns Michiel Heyns Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (2004) 103 (4): 673–693. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-103-4-673 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation…
Houseless poverty in the house of fiction
(1999). Houseless poverty in the house of fiction: Vagrancy and genre in two novels by J M Coetzee. Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa: Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 20-35
Writing South Africa
During the final years of the apartheid era and the subsequent transition to democracy, South African literary writing caught the world's attention as never before. Writers responded to the changing political situation and its daily impact on the country's inhabitants with works that recorded or satirised state-enforced racism, explored the possibilities of resistance and rebuilding, and creatively addressed the vexed question of literature's rel…
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Writing South Africa
During the final years of the apartheid era and the subsequent transition to democracy, South African literary writing caught the world's attention as never before. Writers responded to the changing political situation and its daily impact on the country's inhabitants with works that recorded or satirised state-enforced racism, explored the possibilities of resistance and rebuilding, and creatively addressed the vexed question of literature's rel…
Houseless poverty in the house of fiction
(1999). Houseless poverty in the house of fiction: Vagrancy and genre in two novels by J M Coetzee. Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa: Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 20-35
From The Reluctant Passenger
Research Article| October 01 2004 From The Reluctant Passenger Michiel Heyns Michiel Heyns Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (2004) 103 (4): 673–693. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-103-4-673 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation…
Irreparable Loss and Exorbitant Gain
This essay attempts an after-the-fact reflection on the process of translating a complex literary text, Marlene van Niekerk's Agaat. Central to the essay is the question of whether a translation should “foreignise” or “domesticate” the text, or as Umberto Eco puts it: “should a translation lead the reader to understand the linguistic and cultural universe of the source text, or transform the original by adapting it to the reader's cultural and li…
Art (4 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · South African History and Culture (2 works) · 1948-1994 (1 work) · 20th century (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work)