Grondbesit in 'n postkoloniale plaasroman
Marlene van Niekerk se Agaat
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156503 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Loraine Prinsloo (University of KwaZulu-Natal, corresponding author), Andries Visagie (0000-0002-9485-2727, Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 72-89 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/02564710802349397 |
| OpenAlex | W1970285683 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
Marlene van Niekerk's Agaat (2004) can be read as a postcolonial farm novel which pays particular attention to the role of women, the representation of Coloured farm workers as well as issues relevant to landownership in South Africa. In Agaat the question of landownership is foregrounded when Agaat, a coloured woman, becomes the owner of the farm Grootmoedersdrift and when Jakkie, the only son of the white woman farmer Milla de Wet, returns to Canada to resume his work in ethnomusicology. Agaat presents a problematisation of the influence wielded by landownership on the identity of the farmer, as Milla, who dearly loves her farm, also claims the farm to achieve her emancipatory objectives as a woman. Furthermore, Jakkie's willing relinquishment of his claim to landownership contributes towards a problematisation of the identity formation of the Afrikaner farmer and his/her descendants in the farm novel. In contrast with the situation in the older farm novel, for Jakkie, landownership is no longer a defining identity marker. This article on landownership and, particularly, the relation between landownership and the identities of both Milla and Jakkie de Wet in Agaat, also assesses the contribution of Marlene van Niekerk's novel to the development of the Afrikaans farm novel within a postcolonial context
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Short Stories in Global Literature · South African History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2021 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |