Nuwe(r) aantekeninge by ‘n ou gedig
A.G. Visser: “Lotos‐land”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156798 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leona Venter (University of Pretoria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 118-131 |
| Publication date | 1991-06-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/02564719108529976 |
| OpenAlex | W1968758616 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Eugène Marais proposes in his “Voorwoord” to A.G. Visser's Gedigte (1925) that the ultimate norm for evaluating literature is whether the reader is compelled to return to the text as result of the pleasure he derives from it. After fluctuating criticism, Visser is credited in the late seventies for his humoristic poetry and his intricate intellectual play of reference and transposition. The poem “Lotos‐land” is an example of this early intertextual dexterity to which contemporary literary theory can functionally be applied. Explicit and implicit intertexts (by means of the title and markers in the poem) are investigated in the article. Visser intentionally presents his poem as “unhistorical”, in that way commenting on his contemporary historical literature. Two Dutch idioms and a painting of Bruegel also contribute to the complex setting Visser creates by a permutation of texts. The poem is moreover a “parent” text to later poems in which other authors are brought to mind explicitly or by implication
Art · Criticism · Literature · Pleasure · Poetry · Lexicography and Language Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |