Violence and writing : the work of Andre Brink

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dc.contributor.advisorCoetzee, John Men_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWiesner, Andréen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-14T12:58:59Z
dc.date.available2016-09-14T12:58:59Z
dc.date.issued1996en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 196-201.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis 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.identifier.apacitationWiesner, 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/11427/21771en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWiesner, 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/11427/21771en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWiesner, A. 1996. Violence and writing : the work of Andre Brink. University of Cape Town.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
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/21771
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWiesner 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/11427/21771en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglish Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.titleViolence and writing : the work of Andre Brinken_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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