Shadowing Afrikaner nationalism
Jungian Archetypes, incest, and the uncanny in Marlene van Niekerk's Triomf
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Brophy (Binghamton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 96-112 |
| Publication date | 2006-06-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/02564710608530392 |
| OpenAlex | W2031966867 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Marlene van Niekerk's novel Triomf dramatises a political and psychological crisis in Afrikaner nationalism at the time leading up to the 1994 elections. Taking a psychoanalytic approach to this postcolonial narrative, one may construct a theoretical understanding of how internai violence induced by a nationalist Afrikaner culture is projected outward. Reading van Niekerk's novel as a psychological allegory, one may interpret her characters to be representative of components of an imaginary Afrikaner consciousness ‐ a psyche struggling to come to terms with the history of apartheid and a Utopian nationalist identity. By mapping Jungian archetypes onto the novel's characters, we can theorise about the relationality of particular psychic components of a nationalistically oriented consciousness, and turning to Freud's theory of the uncanny, we can come to understand the struggle between these components. Van Niekerk leads her readers away from the mythologised past of Afrikaner nationalism, and toward a grim confrontation with a repressed, violent history
Archetype · Art · Consciousness · Epistemology · Literature · Narrative · Nationalism · Politics · Psyche · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · The Imaginary · Uncanny · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · South African History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |