Benoeming as literêre taalhandeling
Ontmoeting by Dwaaldrif
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156443 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M J Prins (University of Fort Hare, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-33 |
| Publication date | 1986-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564718608529782 |
| OpenAlex | W2014253482 |
| Language | AF |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Names, naming and designation play an important part in in Henriette Grove's radio drama Ontmoeting by Dwaaldrif. The most basic function of this speech act is that of identification. The proper name has an identifying but not necessarily a descriptive function. The common noun, on the other hand, is not descriptive enough. Proper names are ‘labels’, although they can sometimes be applied descriptively. In this connection John Lyons’ analysis of the concepts reference and denotation is discussed in detail. Poetic designation entails finding a universal idea or ‘oerband’. Erbeveld comes to Leipoldt the poet to ask him to ‘name’ his ‘material’ properly. As to precisely how this should be done, the two of them differ sharply. For the poet things can be called into being by being named. For Erbeveld it is a matter of great importance that the right appellative should be used in connection with himself. He furthermore prescribes the tragedy as the literary genre in which his history must be dealt with. He also does not want to allow any scope for the imagination of he poet: his rebellion must be named historically correct. As a poet Leipoldt is, however, more interested in the ‘essence’ of things than in historical exactness. ‘Poetic licence’ also entails freedom in connection with naming. The creative act of the poet is sovereign. Erbeveld is concerned with the ‘register’ of history, whereas Leipoldt has in mind the ‘register’ of the literary art work, which creates its own ahistoric reality
Art · Drama · Linguistics · Literature · Mythology · Poetry · Proper noun · Reflexive pronoun · Sentence · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic research and analysis · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |