Hierdie studie stel ondersoek in na die voorkoms en funksie van spookkarakters in die roman-oeuvre van Etienne van Heerden, een van Afrikaanse letterkunde se mees bekroonde skrywers. Die doel van hierdie studie is om vas te stel watter funksies die spookkarakters in onderskeidelik Toorberg (1986), Die Stoetmeester (1993) en Die swye van Mario Salviati (2000) vervul, en ook of die spookkarakters in hierdie romans ʼn groter funksie buiten dié in hul onderskeie tekste vervul wat nuwe lig kan werp op Etienne van Heerden se hantering van identiteit (ʼn tema wat deurlopend in sy oeuvre na vore kom). Die ondersoek word hoofsaaklik aan die hand van teks- en romananalise gedoen. Die spookkarakters in die betrokke romans word geklassifiseer aan die hand van teorie uit die paranormale wetenskap. Alhoewel die spookkarakters en die tersaaklike romans nie genregebonde gelees word nie, word teorie uit karakterstudies, identiteitstudies, spookstories, die Gotiese, die magiese realisme, die postkolonialisme, die historiese roman en liminaliteitsteorie in die bespreking betrek. Dit word geargumenteer dat die spookkarakters in Toorberg die prototipiese, manlike Afrikaneridentiteit vergestalt en dit deur middel van uitsluiting (eksklusiwiteit) in stand hou; dat die spookkarakter in Die Stoetmeester ʼn liminale figuur in ʼn liminale historiese tydperk vergestalt, en derhalwe ʼn liminale weergawe van Afrikaneridentiteit uitbeeld; en dat die spookkarakters in Die swye van Mario Salviati ʼn meer inklusiewe (Suid-)Afrikaanse identiteit uitbeeld deur identiteite in die Suid-Afrikaanse verlede wat voorheen misken is, in spesifieke spookkarakters te vergestalt. Deur die individuele spookkarakters as verteenwoordigend van groepsidentiteite te lees binne die bepaalde historiese konteks waarin die romans afspeel en gepubliseer is, word daar ten slotte aangevoer dat die spookkarakters in die roman-oeuvre van Etienne van Heerden ʼn evolusie van Afrikaner- na Suid-Afrikaanse identiteit uitbeeld. / PhD (Afrikaans and Dutch), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Hierdie studie stel ondersoek in na die voorkoms en funksie van spookkarakters in die roman-oeuvre van Etienne van Heerden, een van Afrikaanse letterkunde se mees bekroonde skrywers. Die doel van hierdie studie is om vas te stel watter funksies die spookkarakters in onderskeidelik Toorberg (1986), Die Stoetmeester (1993) en Die swye van Mario Salviati (2000) vervul, en ook of die spookkarakters in hierdie romans ʼn groter funksie buiten dié in hul onderskeie tekste vervul wat nuwe lig kan werp op Etienne van Heerden se hantering van identiteit (ʼn tema wat deurlopend in sy oeuvre na vore kom). Die ondersoek word hoofsaaklik aan die hand van teks- en romananalise gedoen. Die spookkarakters in die betrokke romans word geklassifiseer aan die hand van teorie uit die paranormale wetenskap. Alhoewel die spookkarakters en die tersaaklike romans nie genregebonde gelees word nie, word teorie uit karakterstudies, identiteitstudies, spookstories, die Gotiese, die magiese realisme, die postkolonialisme, die historiese roman en liminaliteitsteorie in die bespreking betrek. Dit word geargumenteer dat die spookkarakters in Toorberg die prototipiese, manlike Afrikaneridentiteit vergestalt en dit deur middel van uitsluiting (eksklusiwiteit) in stand hou; dat die spookkarakter in Die Stoetmeester ʼn liminale figuur in ʼn liminale historiese tydperk vergestalt, en derhalwe ʼn liminale weergawe van Afrikaneridentiteit uitbeeld; en dat die spookkarakters in Die swye van Mario Salviati ʼn meer inklusiewe (Suid-)Afrikaanse identiteit uitbeeld deur identiteite in die Suid-Afrikaanse verlede wat voorheen misken is, in spesifieke spookkarakters te vergestalt. Deur die individuele spookkarakters as verteenwoordigend van groepsidentiteite te lees binne die bepaalde historiese konteks waarin die romans afspeel en gepubliseer is, word daar ten slotte aangevoer dat die spookkarakters in die roman-oeuvre van Etienne van Heerden ʼn evolusie van Afrikaner- na Suid-Afrikaanse identiteit uitbeeld. / PhD (Afrikaans and Dutch), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Thesis (M.A. (Afrikaans and Dutch))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

This study explores the possibilities of rewriting the text of a complex novel as a film script. Film is an important contemporary artform but the actuality of the thematic content of contemporary Afrikaans novels is not well represented in current films. In this study an adaptation of the novel, The long silence of Mario Salviati by Etienne van Heerden (2000) ,t o a script is made in an attempt to provide the Afrikaans scriptwriter with a workable method. The theme which features prominently in the adaptation is the experience of identity in the post-colonial and/or post-apartheid era in South Africa. Theoretical reflection on the problem of adaptation is essential before the chosen novel can be turned into a script, since the scriptwriter has to make certain adjustments during the process of adaptation. The adaptation of a novel to a script implies the translation of a written, descriptive text into a visual text. When a complex novel such as The long silence of Mario Salviati is rewritten as a script, a detailed analysis of the novel must be undertaken in order to identify the relevant ideological content, the important themes and underlying meanings which should be retained in the film script. In order to find appropriate visual images for the thematic content of the novel, contributions of semiotics to film studies are studied and implemented in the process of visualisation. The chosen theme for the script of The long silence of Mario Salviati is "Identity, hybridity and liminality in the Tallejare community". This theme features prominently in many narratives about post-colonial and post-apartheid issues; therefore theoretical reflections on the concepts of liminality and hibridity are included in the study. There are two main sections in the dissertation. In the first section aspects of scriptwriting are analysed and discussed in order to develop a workable method for scriptwriters. The study entertains the hope that more contemporary Afrikaans novels will be adapted for the big screen or television by the film industry. This is necessary to ensure that the experience of South African identity is represented adequately in the Afrikaans film industry. The second section of the dissertation contains the film script, which is an adaptation of the novel The long silence of Mario Salviati by Etienne van Heerden. The script forms an integral part of the study as well as of the dissertation. / Thesis (M.A. (Afrikaans and Dutch))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

This study explores the possibilities of rewriting the text of a complex novel as a film script. Film is an important contemporary artform but the actuality of the thematic content of contemporary Afrikaans novels is not well represented in current films. In this study an adaptation of the novel, The long silence of Mario Salviati by Etienne van Heerden (2000) ,t o a script is made in an attempt to provide the Afrikaans scriptwriter with a workable method. The theme which features prominently in the adaptation is the experience of identity in the post-colonial and/or post-apartheid era in South Africa. Theoretical reflection on the problem of adaptation is essential before the chosen novel can be turned into a script, since the scriptwriter has to make certain adjustments during the process of adaptation. The adaptation of a novel to a script implies the translation of a written, descriptive text into a visual text. When a complex novel such as The long silence of Mario Salviati is rewritten as a script, a detailed analysis of the novel must be undertaken in order to identify the relevant ideological content, the important themes and underlying meanings which should be retained in the film script. In order to find appropriate visual images for the thematic content of the novel, contributions of semiotics to film studies are studied and implemented in the process of visualisation. The chosen theme for the script of The long silence of Mario Salviati is "Identity, hybridity and liminality in the Tallejare community". This theme features prominently in many narratives about post-colonial and post-apartheid issues; therefore theoretical reflections on the concepts of liminality and hibridity are included in the study. There are two main sections in the dissertation. In the first section aspects of scriptwriting are analysed and discussed in order to develop a workable method for scriptwriters. The study entertains the hope that more contemporary Afrikaans novels will be adapted for the big screen or television by the film industry. This is necessary to ensure that the experience of South African identity is represented adequately in the Afrikaans film industry. The second section of the dissertation contains the film script, which is an adaptation of the novel The long silence of Mario Salviati by Etienne van Heerden. The script forms an integral part of the study as well as of the dissertation. / Thesis (M.A. (Afrikaans and Dutch))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.