Di-xεrretən and the lioness

Text and landscape of a ∣Xam narrative

Bibliographic Data

ID5817099
AuthorsJosé Manuel De Prada-Samper (corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume28
Issue4
Pages610-630
Publication date2014-07-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Arts (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0256-0046 • E-ISSN: 1992-6049
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02560046.2014.929219
OpenAlexW1976820978
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited14

Focusing on the ∣Xam narrative 'Di-xεrretən and the lioness', its recording history and possible connection with Springbokoog and its rock engravings, this article proposes a method for editing the ∣Xam kukummi (tales, accounts) collected by W. Bleek and L.C. Lloyd in the 19th century, making the case for the need to go beyond the received text of narratives and edit the English translations found in the manuscripts not only by modernising Lloyd's English, as other editors have done, but also by making informed changes on the text based on the ∣Xam original, which can be accessed by means of D.F. Bleek's Bushman dictionary (1956) and her grammatical sketches of the ∣Xam language. Using as a theoretical basis the work of Dell Hymes on the presence of 'measured verse' in Chinookan narratives, this article also proposes to lay out the texts in short lines.Keywords: Bleek-Lloyd Collectioneditingethnopoeticslandscaperock engravingsSpringbokoogtranslation Additional informationNotes on contributorsJosé Manuel de Prada-SamperJosé de Prada-Samper is a postdoctoral researcher in English Studies at the University of KwaZulu- Natal, Pietermaritzburg. [email protected]

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