Kevin Goddard
Biographic Data
| ID | 9199826 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Goddard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Goddard |
| SIGNATURE | GODDARD K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Free State |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Unburying Silences
This article argues that Wicomb’s novel is concerned with how to represent intergenerational trauma in South Africa. It suggests that an important element of that representation is the concept of “recuperation”. This includes the action of recuperating past events that have been repressed socially and psychologically, and also the use of that “unburying” as the first step towards recuperative healing. Wicomb investigates different ways of represe…
Unhomely Homes
The paper explores the “unheimlich” (“unhomely”) in three South African novels: Gem Squash Tokoloshe, The Dream House and October. The novels use the trope of the house to represent the psychological and social traumas of apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. They also use the mythopoeic cyclical journey to describe psychological responses to trauma. This is akin both to the psychoanalytic method and to the mythic journey back into the past …
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Unhomely Homes
The paper explores the “unheimlich” (“unhomely”) in three South African novels: Gem Squash Tokoloshe, The Dream House and October. The novels use the trope of the house to represent the psychological and social traumas of apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. They also use the mythopoeic cyclical journey to describe psychological responses to trauma. This is akin both to the psychoanalytic method and to the mythic journey back into the past …
Unburying Silences
This article argues that Wicomb’s novel is concerned with how to represent intergenerational trauma in South Africa. It suggests that an important element of that representation is the concept of “recuperation”. This includes the action of recuperating past events that have been repressed socially and psychologically, and also the use of that “unburying” as the first step towards recuperative healing. Wicomb investigates different ways of represe…
Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Psychotherapist (2 works) · South African History and Culture (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Allegory (1 work) · Deception (1 work)