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A Psychoanalytic Reading of K. Sello Duiker's Novels
DREAMS, SEXUALITY AND FANTASY: A PSYCHOANALYTIC READING OF K. SELLO DUIKER’S NOVELS by Teneille Kirton-Els 200429353 A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Fort Hare, for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy Supervisor: Dr. Jabulani Mkhize East London, 2013 ABSTRACT The primary aim of this thesis is to provide a text-based literary study exploring the characters and themes created by K. Sello Duiker in the three novels, Thirteen Cents, The Quiet Violence of Dreams and The Hidden Star. Duiker’s work is significant because it highlights prominent societal challenges prevalent in post-apartheid society. By analysing Duiker’s novels one acquires a better understanding of this author, an understanding of the world that contributed to the creation of his texts and his contribution to South African literature. Insight into Duiker’s fictional world allows for a careful investigation of the prominent societal issues prevalent in Duiker’s work - a world riddled with violence, issues of sexuality and psychological distress. For this purpose this thesis is premised on the notion that underpinning K. Sello Duiker’s oeuvre is a central focus on dreams, sexuality and fantasy. Logically, therefore, the main focus of the study is specifically on the inner working of the characters’ minds and how they deal/ or are unable to cope with contemporary social concerns, often resulting in psychological turmoil and dysfunctionality. For this reason, prominent themes examined in this study are the interpretation of dreams, an exploration of sexuality and an examination of fantasy in the three novels. -
BELLAGIO PUBLISHING NETWORK NEWSLETTER an Occasional Publication Concerning Publishing and Book Development Number 28 November 2001
BELLAGIO PUBLISHING NETWORK NEWSLETTER An occasional publication concerning publishing and book development Number 28 November 2001 The Bellagio Publishing Network is an informal association of organisations dedicated to strengthening indigenous publishing and book development in Africa. The group includes publishers, donor organisations from both government and private voluntary sectors, and others who are concerned with books and publishing. This newsletter covers news of the Network and perspectives on publishing and book development. News and Reports on Publishing 2 Editorial By Katherine Salahi 3 Secretariat news 3 Networking in the Pacific By Linda Crowl, Robyn Bargh and Liliane Tauru 4 Caribbean Publishers Network news By CAPNET 4 Peoples Book Centres: a new South African initiative By Bridget Impey 6 Community Publishing Project launched in South Africa By Colleen Higgs 7 15th Commonwealth Writers Prize held in Ghana By Akunu Dake 8 Colonial and Post-colonial Cultures of the Book By Jane Katjavivi Perspectives and Commentary 10 The Internet, e-commerce and Africas book professions By Hans Zell Departments 15 Review articles 18 New publications BELLAGIO PUBLISHING NEWSLETTER 2 Editorial Katherine Salahi Katherine Salahi is Co-ordinator, Bellagio Publishing Network lthough the idea of an African Publishers Network Not enough has changed since 1993, when that statement A(APNET) was mooted well before the first Bellagio was set down by a group of enthusiastic and dedicated conference on publishing and development in 1991, and book professionals, donors and NGOs, to warrant any might well have developed into a credible organisation claim of mission accomplished. Nor is the end in sight. without a parallel network to support it, the fact remains Much remains to be done, many organisations and that the Bellagio Group of donors within the Bellagio individuals remain committed to the aims. -
Blood on the Page
Blood on the Page Blood on the Page: Interviews with African Authors writing about HIV/AIDS By Lizzy Attree Blood on the Page: Interviews with African Authors writing about HIV/AIDS, by Lizzy Attree This book first published 2010 Cambridge Scholars Publishing 12 Back Chapman Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2XX, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2010 by Lizzy Attree All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-4438-2077-6, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-2077-6 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements ................................................................................... vii Introduction ................................................................................................. 1 Interview with Phaswane Mpe................................................................... 21 Interview with Sindiwe Magona................................................................ 33 Interview with Kgafela oa Magogodi ........................................................ 77 Interview with Alexander Kanengoni........................................................ 99 Interview with Vivienne Kernohan aka Violet Kala................................ 111 Interview with Charles Mungoshi .......................................................... -
Discourse, Disease and Displacement: Interrogating Selected South African Textual Constructions of Aids
DISCOURSE, DISEASE AND DISPLACEMENT: INTERROGATING SELECTED SOUTH AFRICAN TEXTUAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF AIDS by FELICITY JUNE HORNE submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY in the subject ENGLISH STUDIES at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA SUPERVISOR: Dr G. Graham-Smith CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. B. Spencer JUNE 2010 2 DEDICATION Dedicated to my late parents Margaret and Billy Kirk for giving me a love of the English language and books. 3 DECLARATION I declare that this thesis, entitled ‘Discourse, Disease and Displacement: Interrogating Selected South African Textual Constructions of AIDS’, is my own work and that all the sources that I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references. Signed: 4 Discourse, Disease and Displacement: Interrogating Selected South African Textual Constructions of AIDS SUMMARY This thesis explores the theme of displacement in AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)-related discourse in post-apartheid South Africa in the period 1994−2010. It contends that the subject of AIDS and the AIDS-ill is seldom confronted directly in the discourse, but displaced in various ways. Using the theory of social constructionism and the discourse theory of the French poststructuralists, particularly Michel Foucault, selected texts, both literary and non-literary, are subjected to discourse analysis, in which the interrelationships between linguistic and visual representations of AIDS, practice, knowledge and power relations are examined. Recognising that all representations are to some extent displaced constructions, the thesis investigates additional reasons for the particular kinds of displacement of AIDS seen in AIDS discourse. These include stigma, fear, defensiveness and the enduring power of pre- existing discourses onto which AIDS is grafted. -
Masculinity and Interracial Community in South African Cultural Texts
RACES AMONG MEN RACES AMONG MEN: MASCULINITY AND INTERRACIAL COMMUNITY IN SOUTH AFRICAN CULTURAL TEXTS By JESSE ARSENEAULT, B.A. A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts McMaster University © Copyright by Jesse Arseneault, August 2010 MASTER OF ARTS (2010) McMaster University (English) Hamilton, Ontario TITLE: Races Among Men: Masculinity and Interracial Community in South African Cultural texts AUTHOR: Jesse Arseneault, B.A. (Brock University) SUPERVISOR: Professor H. Strauss NUMBER OF PAGES: v, 126 ii ABSTRACT This thesis examines interracial community and masculinity in South African literature, film and mass media. It argues that masculinity is intimately tied to histories of racialization and, as such, represents a significant site for the deconstruction of racially segregatory practice and ideology. Beginning with the post-apartheid nation's multicultural self-advertisement as the "Rainbow Nation," which effaces racial difference, this project argues for a conception of community (national and localized) that acknowledges difference and allows for moments of racial tension within the national narrative. My introduction draws on texts from queer theory and critical race theory and my subsequent chapters look at the ways that men construct and reconstruct community in light of the nation's segregatory apartheid history. My first chapter examines queer masculinity in John Greyson's film Proteus. I suggest that queer narratives have been excluded from the national narrative and that Greyson's film carves out a space for queerness in the nation where it had previously been effaced. My second chapter outlines the ways that white men structure interracial community and their motivations for doing so. -
Thirteen Cents
K. SELLO DUIKER Thirteen Cents Introduction by Shaun Viljoen Ohio University Press Athens K. Sello Duiker’s Thirteen Cents AN INTRODUCTION Shaun Viljoen ONE BREEZY NIGHT LATE IN NOVEMBER One breezy night late in November and after the April elections Two friends stood outside admiring the moon ‘charming sky,’ said the one to the other ‘What’s even more charming is that whitey has finally allowed himself to be surrounded by darkey and they seem to be getting on,’ remarked the other, staring into the night At that moment a shooting star blurred across the sky and both friends saw it. Wistful silence fell between them the one not sure whether the other had seen the meteorite. Then the other opened: ‘Perhaps it’s not about whitey and darkey anymore.’ The other assented.1 K. Sello Duiker’s poem “One Breezy Night Late in Novem- ber” imagines what the April 1994 democratic elections, the first in South Africa’s history, meant for social relations that v had been racialized since the landing of Dutch settlers in 1652 and hyperracialized since Afrikaner white minority rule took hold in 1948. In a reflective exchange between two friends in the poem, the initial thought of one about the historic turn- ing point six months earlier asserts that the country will see racial reconciliation; the other responds unsurely, saying, “Perhaps it’s not / about whitey and darkey anymore.” In this tentative claim Duiker raises precisely what his astounding contribution to postapartheid literature has been—a provoca- tive unsettling of the black and white, the categorical terms of engagement that marked human relations and writing under apartheid. -
A Tribute to K.Sello Duiker
• 96 • Feminist Africa 5 “The Travelling Salesman”1 A tribute to K. Sello Duiker: 1974 – 20052 Sam Raditlhalo K. Sello Duiker took his own life on 19 January 2005, a little over a month after another gifted young South African writer, Phaswane Mpe, had died, and at whose funeral he had read the eulogy. Duiker, who suffered from bipolar affec- tive disorder, committed suicide in a state of depression he attributed to his mood-stabilising medication, which he felt was “taking too great a toll on his artistic creativity and joie de vivre” (Van der Merwe, 2005). He may have died by his own hand, but there is no doubt that what killed him was a potentially lethal illness that is stigmatised, little understood and often poorly managed. The reverberations of these tragic deaths – Duiker's and Mpe's, on 10 December 2004 – are still with us. The rare talent each possessed was a hope that we shall not realise. They left behind priceless delineations of a post- apartheid South Africa awakening to its infinite, if uncertain, futures. The eldest of three brothers, Duiker was born in Soweto, where he spent most of his formative years. He was, however, partly educated in England and spent time working in France immediately after high school. He went on to do a BA degree in journalism at Rhodes University in South Africa, and also attended the University of Cape Town for a short spell. His subsequent jobs included advertising copywriting, scriptwriting for television and finally work- ing as a commissioning editor at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) (Van der Merwe, 2005). -
IBBY Honour List 2008
IBBY Honour List 2008 1 IBBY Honour List 2008 The IBBY Honour List is a biennial selection of The Honour List has become one of the most Great care is taken to provide up-to-date infor- The IBBY Honour List 2008 is the result of excel- outstanding, recently published books, honour- important activities of IBBY. For many National mation about the authors, illustrators, transla- lent cooperation between the IBBY Secretariat, ing writers, illustrators and translators from IBBY Sections the selection process presents a welcome tors and their publishers, including the subject the participating National Sections who selected member countries. opportunity to study and review the production and language indexes. Even though space and the entries and prepared the nominations, and of children’s and juvenile books in their coun- funds are often limited, it is our wish to provide the publishers of the nominated books who The fi rst Honour List in 1956 was a selection try on a continuing basis. Moreover, it offers a as much information as possible in a concise way donated seven copies of each title for exhibitions of 15 entries from 12 countries. For the 2008 unique opportunity to the member countries, and to promote access to the books. and the permanent collections. We wish to thank Honour List, 59 countries have sent 169 nomi- especially those with less well-known languages, all of them very much indeed. nations in 48 different languages. to present their best books to an international We wish to sincerely thank our colleagues of the audience. The exhibition of Honour List Books International Youth Library in Munich for their We gratefully acknowledge the support of Grupo Selected for the 2008 list are 69 entries in the is shown at conferences and fairs around the invaluable cooperation and support in prepar- EDEBÉ, Barcelona, Spain for sponsoring the print- category of Writing; 54 in the category Illustra- world and the catalogue is translated into differ- ing this catalogue. -
K.Sello Duiker's Realism
K. Sello Duiker’s Realism: Form, Critique, and Floating Kingdoms Warren Jeremy Rourke Town A minor-dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at the UniversityCape of Cape Town of University Supervisor: Professor John Higgins Department of English Language and Literature 2017 The copyright of this thesis vests in the author. No quotation from it or information derived from it is to be published without full acknowledgement of the source. The thesis is to be used for private study or non- commercial research purposes only. Published by the University of Cape Town (UCT) in terms of the non-exclusive license granted to UCT by the author. Town Cape of University PLAGIARISM DECLARATION This work has not been previously submitted in whole, or in part, for the award of any degree. It is my own work. Each significant contribution to, and quotation in, this minor-dissertation from the work, or works, of other people has been attributed, and has been cited and referenced. Signature:_________________________________________Date:_____________________ Acknowledgments To ‘Baka’ and Jonathan, my getuie, thank-you for your friendship.1 To the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, thank you for your patience. To Prof. Stanley Ridge for the Babette Taute Honours Scholarship, thank you for believing in me. To the University of Cape Town, for the Twamley Postgraduate Bursary and the UCT Masters Scholarship, thank you kindly for your generosity; I would not be here otherwise and so, seriously, thank you. To Prof. Helize Jansen van Vuuren at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, dankie vir jou vriendskap en ek soek nou regtig waar my albasters terug. -
Portrayals of Masculinity in the Post-Apartheid Novel
“A Man of His Generation”: Portrayals of Masculinity in the Post-Apartheid Novel Roger Blanton Jr Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Queen Mary, University of London School of English and Drama March 15, 2018 Appendix A: Required statement of originality for inclusion in research degree theses I, Roger Blanton Jr, confirm that the research included within this thesis is my own work or that where it has been carried out in collaboration with, or supported by others, that this is duly acknowledged below and my contribution indicated. Previously published material is also acknowledged below. I attest that I have exercised reasonable care to ensure that the work is original, and does not to the best of my knowledge break any UK law, infringe any third party’s copyright or other Intellectual Property Right, or contain any confidential material. I accept that the College has the right to use plagiarism detection software to check the electronic version of the thesis. I confirm that this thesis has not been previously submitted for the award of a degree by this or any other university. The copyright of this thesis rests with the author and no quotation from it or information derived from it may be published without the prior written consent of the author. Signature: Roger Blanton Date: March 15, 2018 2 Abstract While portrayals of women in post-apartheid literature have attracted a great deal of academic attention, far less consideration has been given to the depiction of men. My project begins from this point of omission by examining a range of novels to consider how constructions of masculinity have been influenced by South Africa’s transition from apartheid rule to democratic governance. -
Thirteen Cents
Postcolonial Text Vol 15, No 1 (2020) Post-Apartheid Hybridity Discourse and the Narrative Distinctions of Duiker’s Thirteen Cents Michael D'Itri McGill University, Montreal, Canada Nothing I am, of not tribe or race, and because of it full of a childish arrogance to defend myself against all of you —Bessie Head, The Cardinals1 Introduction In the foreword to Derek Attridge and Rosemary Jolly’s Writing South Africa, the authors suggest that South African literature before and after apartheid produced texts which “recorded or satirized state- enforced racism, explored the possibilities of resistance and rebuilding, and creatively addressed the vexed question of literature’s relation to politics and ethics” (i). Published in the aftermath of apartheid South Africa, I suggest that K. Sello Duiker’s first novel, Thirteen Cents (2000), presents a narrative that responds to the political impact of apartheid’s legacy, explores what resistance and rebuilding might entail for the nation’s inhabitants, and addresses literature’s relationship to politics. Duiker’s protagonist, Azure, is a dark-skinned orphan with blue eyes who lives in the violent, tumultuous streets of post-apartheid Cape Town. Throughout the first-person narrative, we witness Azure’s physical, financial, and sexual exploitation by street gangs who rebrand him with the name of his racially ambiguous eyes, Blue. After the gang leader Gerald saws off the cast on Azure’s broken leg, Azure climbs the nearby Table Mountain in a state of madness that results in the unexpected and fantastical destruction of the entire city. Thirteen Cents thus concludes with an intriguing, if not baffling, sequence of apocalyptic events on Table Mountain that have most commonly been read by critics as the conclusion of a Bildungsroman about Azure’s empowerment, overcoming of adversity, and esoteric self-knowledge among the lingering phantasmagoria of post-apartheid Cape Town. -
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New South African Writing: A Special Cluster “Reader, be assured this narrative is no fiction”: The City and Its Discontents in Phaswane Mpe’s Welcome to Our Hillbrow Gugu Hlongwane Th e delicate line between fact and fi ction in Phaswane Mpe’s Welcome to Our Hillbrow is suggested in one of the novel’s epigraphs attributed to W. E. B. Du Bois: “Reader, be assured this narrative is no fi ction.” Th at Mpe evokes a strategy of address employed by African-American scholars and slave-narrative writers such as Harriet Jacobs who spoke directly to their readers insisting on the authenticity of their traumatic experiences in racist America, speaks volumes about South Africa’s fl edgling inde- pendence.1 In his damning indictment of a South Africa that retains the socio-economic markers of apartheid, Mpe focuses on drug- and prosti- tution-ridden areas of post-1994 Johannesburg that are predominantly black. Th ere is, here, neither evidence of Nelson Mandela’s “rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world,” nor of a reconciled society. If relations with whites who occupy positions of power over blacks seem strained, they are even more so amongst urban blacks who form a very fragmented community. In fact, the once politically oppressed South African blacks are now portrayed as the new oppressors of Africans from outside the country, thus making the notion of a new and diff erent South Africa a very premature one. But the novel does attempt to steer away from this toxic mood by adopting a moral didacticism designed to encourage social transformation.