Travels in identity: aspects of place and belonging in novels by Elsa Joubert and Riana Scheepers/ Reise in identiteit: aspekte van plek en hoort in verhale van Elsa Joubert en Riana Scheepers.

From: Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparativelinguistics and literary studies | Date: August 1, 2006| Author: Meyer, S. | Copyright information

Abstract

An investigation into the experience of place and its changing nature in the story "Bloed" [Blood] (from Melk, [Milk] 1980) by Joubert and some stories from Scheepers' collection Die ding in die vuur [The thing in the fire] (1990) serves to establish the role of the experience of place with regard to the development of identity in these stories. In "Bloed" [Blood] the dynamic way in which the experience of place influences identity is clear. on a single day trip...

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