Violence and writing : the work of Andre Brink

Wiesner, André

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dc.contributor.advisor	Coetzee, John M	en_ZA
dc.contributor.author	Wiesner, André	en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned	2016-09-14T12:58:59Z
dc.date.available	2016-09-14T12:58:59Z
dc.date.issued	1996	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Wiesner, A. 1996. Violence and writing : the work of Andre Brink. University of Cape Town.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21771
dc.description	Bibliography: pages 196-201.	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	This dissertation is a study of the relationship between violence and writing, and it takes as its focus the post-1976 novels of Andre Brink, ranging from Rumours of Rain to An Act of Terror. Its chief argument is that Brink's work undoes the opposition between·violence and writing, both in its thematic content and in the self-reflexively foregrounded dynamics of its utterance. While Brink's novels suggest that violence impedes writing inasmuch as it traumatises the speaking subject, it is no less the case that they present the subsequent resurgence of writing as an act of violence directed against forces constraining the subject to silence. For Brink, violence negates writing, yet it also informs it.	en_ZA
dc.language.iso	eng	en_ZA
dc.subject.other	English Language and Literature	en_ZA
dc.title	Violence and writing : the work of Andre Brink	en_ZA
dc.type	Master Thesis
uct.type.publication	Research	en_ZA
uct.type.resource	Thesis	en_ZA
dc.publisher.institution	University of Cape Town
dc.publisher.faculty	Faculty of Humanities	en_ZA
dc.publisher.department	Department of English Language and Literature	en_ZA
dc.type.qualificationlevel	Masters
dc.type.qualificationname	MA	en_ZA
uct.type.filetype	Text
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dc.identifier.apacitation	Wiesner, A. (1996). <i>Violence and writing : the work of Andre Brink</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21771	en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation	Wiesner, André. <i>"Violence and writing : the work of Andre Brink."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21771	en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation	Wiesner A. Violence and writing : the work of Andre Brink. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1996 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21771	en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris	TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Wiesner, André AB - This dissertation is a study of the relationship between violence and writing, and it takes as its focus the post-1976 novels of Andre Brink, ranging from Rumours of Rain to An Act of Terror. Its chief argument is that Brink's work undoes the opposition between·violence and writing, both in its thematic content and in the self-reflexively foregrounded dynamics of its utterance. While Brink's novels suggest that violence impedes writing inasmuch as it traumatises the speaking subject, it is no less the case that they present the subsequent resurgence of writing as an act of violence directed against forces constraining the subject to silence. For Brink, violence negates writing, yet it also informs it. DA - 1996 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1996 T1 - Violence and writing : the work of Andre Brink TI - Violence and writing : the work of Andre Brink UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21771 ER -	en_ZA