Bibliography: leaves 117-119. / I did a historiographical study of the poet, Ingrid Jonker, because I am convinced that the way in which she wrote is as important as what she wrote. The term 'historiography' refers to the way history is done, and I wanted to show how Ingrid Jonker 'did' her poetry.

Bibliography: leaves 105-107. / In hierdie studie ondersoek ek die skrywer as beide 'n Hermaforditus en 'n Narcissus in groot lierauur. Ek wys uit hoe die skryfaksie self 'n Narcissistiese bedryf is en dat die skrywer, sowel as sy teks, Hermafrodities van aard is. As Narcissistiese figuur, het die skrywer noodgedwonge 'n sekere selfbheptheid met sy stof en die sentrale vraag word dan gestel: In hoe 'n mate moet die skrywer distansie hê van sy stot? Ek lê aan die begin van die studie, 'n paar algemene opvattings oor beide begrippe uit en gaan terug na die oorsponklike mite en legendes van beide die figuur Hermafroditus en Narcissus. Daar word dan ook gekyk na sekere sosio-kulturele opvattings van hierdie begrippe en hoe al hierdie konsepte dan herleibaar is tot die groot literatuur.

Bibliography: leaves 391-406. / Die konfrontasie tussen die mens en sy alter ego (die "antler" in die psige) is nie 'n onbekende verskynsel nie. Sedert die vroegste tye het filosowe en skrywers na die alter ego verwys en korter gelede het 'n aantal psigiaters, sielkundiges, antropoloe en literatore die dubbelganger/alter ego as studieterrein gekies. Onder andere word die feit beklemtoon dat die fenomeen van die dubbelganger of alter ego nie net 'n versinsel van filosowe of skrywers is nie, maar 'n patologiese realiteit wat met intrapsigiese konflik verband hou. Voorts word aangedui dat die frekwensie van die verskyning van die alter ego in die literatuur die eienaardigheid van die lewe en die kompleksiteit van die menslike psige beklemtoon. In die eerste hoofstuk van hierdie studie is daar 'n uiteensetting van die verkenning verskillende vakgeleerdes.

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Bibliography: p. 288-290. / The characters and narratives depicted in the Greek mythology are all archetypal concepts. They are depictions of the primordial and the unconscious of the human being. Characters in a literary Work. can be interpreted within this primordial framework. Also, a text itself, or the form that a text is presented in, is able to show signs of the archetypal and mythological narrative. This comparative study investigates and tests the assumption that literature from different linguistic and regional backgrounds, can be brought back to the depiction of a corresponding archetypal and primordial being. A literary work of art, in the form of a novel or poem, enjoys the same universal appeal or value as a literary work from a completely different region, language or period, through its use of elements from the mythological archetype. I have chosen for the Greek mythology because of its influence in the Western art. The mythological figure of the adolescent and young man illustrates this hypothesis. The representation is split into different sub-characters, different ids: Ganymede, Apollo, Narcissus, Hermaphrodites and Cyparissus. All conform to different aspects of the archetypal young male character. The classical theme of the adolescent and young man is presented as a connection between literary works that initially seem heterogeneous. Each chapter highlights one specific mythological character, his original mythological context and his representation and influence in and on modern literature. To achieve the contrast between old and new, I have chosen pieces from the 20th century only. Within the framework of one study, a complete and exhaustive research is impossible. Still, to support my argument, I have tried to feature as many different sources as possible. Not only did l use Dutch and Afrikaans authors, but also South African, English, German and American authors and poets, as well as a French, Spanish, Czech and Japanese author. As a conclusion I can state that the archetypal concept of the adolescent and young man, clearly underlines the primordial nature of literature. The same motifs keep returning in art, also in ""new"" literary movements and types of discourse. Secondly, it appears that Cyparissus can be seen as not only a general symbol for the adolescent and young man, but also as a mystical symbol for the universal and primordial nature of art, and the ultimate ideal of the writer as an artist.

Includes abstract. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 188-198). / Similar to previous academic papers on the topic of relevance, this dissertation too responds to specific claims proposed by relevance theory. The relevance-theoretic account of the recovery of metaphorical interpretations is of particular interest and is considered relative to the assertions of Lakoff and Johnson (1980, 1999) and Lakoff and Turner (1989), proponents of the cognitive linguistic approach to metaphor. The study has three distinct parts. It firstly explores the treatment of metaphor within the framework of Relevance Theory. Secondly, it argues via the assertions of the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor that the relevance-theoretic treatment of metaphor is in violation of one of its fundamental claims about cognition, namely, that human cognition tends to be geared to the maximization of relevance. Thirdly the salience of the cognitive-linguistic view of metaphor is illustrated through the metaphorical characterisation of D.J. Opperman’s (1979) volume of poetry, Komas uit ‘n bamboesstok.

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Bibliography: p. [274]-285. / This dissertation uses ethnographic material to critique South African adult literacy policy. Recent policy documents, I show identify people who lack six years of formal schooling, and particularly people in this position who are also classified as blacks, women and people in rural areas, as being in a deficit position. Not only are they regarded as illiterate and therefore having a technical deficit, but policy documents also describe their "illiteracy" as a marker of their social deficit as marginalised people. Policy makers argue that the deficit attributed to adult literacy target populations can be effectively redressed through formal literacy interventions. I indicate that policy makers' arguments are based on interpretations of statistics .that fail to reflect the complex forms of literacy and the multiple social identities of people in the "target population" and also on a theoretical approach to literacy and which dichotomizes the cognitive, social, cultural and linguistic attributes of "oral/illiterate" people and those of "literate" people.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-416). / The vantage point of this thesis is that literature, as an art form directed at life, at a portrayal of life in all its complexity, is exactly for that reason most closely concerned with death. Being specifically not a study of literature about death, but rather literature and death, it is an inquiry into the manner in which literature treasures death as a condition of its existence. The subtitle expresses the central hypothesis explicitly: The possibilities of the text are largely dependent on the text's commitment to impossibility. The assumption that underpins this formulation is that death is the utmost possibility - the impossibility! - of any cognitive endeavour.