In this article I examine as mediations of urban experience poems written by Koos
du Plessis. a contemporary Afrikaans poet. together with their musical rendition by
Johannes Kerkorrel. a singer and musician from the Afrikaans altemative music
scene and former member of Die Gereformeerde Blues Band. The poetry was
initially published with musical arrangements in the volume Kinders van die Wind :
En Ander Lirieke (1981) . In order to use this material in an article produced as part
of an English study . I have translated the poetry into English . The translation (in
linguistic and performative terms) of these poems has the dual effect of rendering
them more appropriately for this study, and making them accessible to a wider
audience. I am concemed with the way poems written by a poet from an earlier
decade (the 1980s) interpret and mediate an urban identity and. further. with the fact
that performance not only gives them a new lease of life. but also transforms them
into works which have meaning and appeal for a more contemporary, broader
audience. The fundamental issues addressed in this poetry , namely a response to
and a negotiation of urban (South African) experience. continue to speak
compellingly today. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2002.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/4452 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Eberle, Catherine. |
| Contributors | Brown, Duncan John Bruce. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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