عنوان

Fictional Dreams and Harsh Realities

شماره

LA120409

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Fictional Dreams and Harsh Realities

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Renzo Baas

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This paper looks at the novels by Joseph Diescho (Born of the Sun, 1988), Kaleni Hiyalwa (Meekulu's Children, 2000), and Neshani Andreas (The Purple Violet of Oshaantu, 2001) with a special focus on the access to education and land, but also problems such as Gender Based Violence and poverty. By comparing how an independent Namibia is imagined during South African apartheid rule, during the Liberation Struggle, and post-independence, the novels open up perspectives that empirical studies may overlook or decide not to emphasise. Furthermore, this comparison also allows for a linear, yet non-chronological, view on how the literary visions evolve with concepts such as nation and liberation, but also modernity and nationalism as they 'enter' into the characters' every day. With the protagonists deeply involved in the make-up of their respective villages, they can also be considered prototypical Namibians in their value systems and networks. Through their eyes, it is possible to trace how political promises that were envisioned and imagined prior to 1990 are either realised or disappointed. This paper looks at the novels by Joseph Diescho (Born of the Sun, 1988), Kaleni Hiyalwa (Meekulu's Children, 2000), and Neshani Andreas (The Purple Violet of Oshaantu, 2001) with a special focus on the access to education and land, but also problems such as Gender Based Violence and poverty. By comparing how an independent Namibia is imagined during South African apartheid rule, during the Liberation Struggle, and post-independence, the novels open up perspectives that empirical studies may overlook or decide not to emphasise. Furthermore, this comparison also allows for a linear, yet non-chronological, view on how the literary visions evolve with concepts such as nation and liberation, but also modernity and nationalism as they 'enter' into the characters' every day. With the protagonists deeply involved in the make-up of their respective villages, they can also be considered prototypical Namibians in their value systems and networks. Through their eyes, it is possible to trace how political promises that were envisioned and imagined prior to 1990 are either realised or disappointed.

تاريخ نشر

2020

توصيف ظاهري

407-429

عنوان

Matatu

شماره جلد

50/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1875-7421

اصطلاح موضوعی

African Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Comparative Studies & World Literature

اصطلاح موضوعی

Criticism & Theory

اصطلاح موضوعی

Cultural History

اصطلاح موضوعی

democracy

اصطلاح موضوعی

education

اصطلاح موضوعی

independence

اصطلاح موضوعی

land

اصطلاح موضوعی

literature & Culture

اصطلاح موضوعی

Literature and Cultural Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Namibia

اصطلاح موضوعی

Postcolonial Literature & Culture

اصطلاح موضوعی

poverty

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Renzo Baas

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/18757421-05002008

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y