Renate Lenz
Biographic Data
| ID | 7501812 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Renate Lenz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Renate |
| FAMILY NAME | Lenz |
| SIGNATURE | LENZ R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vaal University of Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Foregrounding Boundaries Between Self and Other in South Africa
The article considers the descendants of the original white settlers’ experience of space and place in terms of the perception of self and other as represented by the male protagonists who feature in three comparatively under-read novels of the post- apartheid period: John Conyngham’s The Lostness of Alice (1998), Damon Galgut’s The Good Doctor (2003) and Michiel Heyns’s Lost Ground (2011). After the election of a black-majority government, many …
Finding identity and meaning in the face of despair
In Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act (first performed in 1972), Athol Fugard portrays the dilemma of human existence when an iniquitous state system and insular society impose restrictions on individual thought and freedom. Fugard’s dramatis personae show themselves not to be defeated by their predicament, but overcome devastating conditions and emerge as the designers of their own destinies when they establish social connection…
A Stranger in the Country of His Birth
This article evaluates the former white settlers’ position and experience in South Africa, Africa and Europe as represented by the English male protagonist who features in The Lostness of Alice (1998) by John Conyngham. It is argued that the legacy of the colonisation of Africa and apartheid in South Africa have given rise to suspicion and resentment that still influences the settler descendants’ perception of self and the other. After the inaugu…
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A Stranger in the Country of His Birth
This article evaluates the former white settlers’ position and experience in South Africa, Africa and Europe as represented by the English male protagonist who features in The Lostness of Alice (1998) by John Conyngham. It is argued that the legacy of the colonisation of Africa and apartheid in South Africa have given rise to suspicion and resentment that still influences the settler descendants’ perception of self and the other. After the inaugu…
Finding identity and meaning in the face of despair
In Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act (first performed in 1972), Athol Fugard portrays the dilemma of human existence when an iniquitous state system and insular society impose restrictions on individual thought and freedom. Fugard’s dramatis personae show themselves not to be defeated by their predicament, but overcome devastating conditions and emerge as the designers of their own destinies when they establish social connection…
Foregrounding Boundaries Between Self and Other in South Africa
The article considers the descendants of the original white settlers’ experience of space and place in terms of the perception of self and other as represented by the male protagonists who feature in three comparatively under-read novels of the post- apartheid period: John Conyngham’s The Lostness of Alice (1998), Damon Galgut’s The Good Doctor (2003) and Michiel Heyns’s Lost Ground (2011). After the election of a black-majority government, many …
Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Narrative (2 works)