Guy Butler from a post-apartheid perspective : reassessing a South African literary life

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dc.contributor.advisorWatson, Stephenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorThurman, Christopher Jamesen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-06T11:06:39Z
dc.date.available2014-10-06T11:06:39Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractGuy Butler was a substantial public figure in South Africa over the second half of the twentieth century: performer of chameleon literary roles (professor, poet, playwright, autobiographer and historian), as well as cultural politician and opponent of apartheid legislation. Nevertheless, his is not a familiar name to the majority of South Africans, and where he is known, Butler remains a problematic figure. On the one hand, he has been criticised for expressing dated or even "colonial" ideas, or for lacking radical political conviction; on the other hand, he is often seen as a "grand old man" in South African literature rather than as a writer for a new generation of readers. These views do not take into account those elements in Butler's writing that were (and still are) subversive, intellectually compelling and of enduring literary value; nor do they consider the complex private man behind the public persona. Butler's response to the South African situation presents us with a challenge - to acknowledge frankly those elements in his life and work that distance him from us, without losing sight of the significance they hold. The current study makes use of Butler's private correspondence and unpublished material from the National English Literary Museum archives in Grahamstown, and combines the biographical insight gained from this documentation with criticism of his published work in every genre to offer a more balanced explication of Butler's life and work than has yet been achieved.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationThurman, C. J. (2007). <i>Guy Butler from a post-apartheid perspective : reassessing a South African literary life</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8102en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationThurman, Christopher James. <i>"Guy Butler from a post-apartheid perspective : reassessing a South African literary life."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8102en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationThurman, C. 2007. Guy Butler from a post-apartheid perspective : reassessing a South African literary life. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Thurman, Christopher James AB - Guy Butler was a substantial public figure in South Africa over the second half of the twentieth century: performer of chameleon literary roles (professor, poet, playwright, autobiographer and historian), as well as cultural politician and opponent of apartheid legislation. Nevertheless, his is not a familiar name to the majority of South Africans, and where he is known, Butler remains a problematic figure. On the one hand, he has been criticised for expressing dated or even "colonial" ideas, or for lacking radical political conviction; on the other hand, he is often seen as a "grand old man" in South African literature rather than as a writer for a new generation of readers. These views do not take into account those elements in Butler's writing that were (and still are) subversive, intellectually compelling and of enduring literary value; nor do they consider the complex private man behind the public persona. Butler's response to the South African situation presents us with a challenge - to acknowledge frankly those elements in his life and work that distance him from us, without losing sight of the significance they hold. The current study makes use of Butler's private correspondence and unpublished material from the National English Literary Museum archives in Grahamstown, and combines the biographical insight gained from this documentation with criticism of his published work in every genre to offer a more balanced explication of Butler's life and work than has yet been achieved. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Guy Butler from a post-apartheid perspective : reassessing a South African literary life TI - Guy Butler from a post-apartheid perspective : reassessing a South African literary life UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8102 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8102
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationThurman CJ. Guy Butler from a post-apartheid perspective : reassessing a South African literary life. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8102en_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.titleGuy Butler from a post-apartheid perspective : reassessing a South African literary lifeen_ZA
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