Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 1990. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this investigation was to provide a theoretical
overview of the predominant feminist literary movements and
their theoretical theses. I concentrated specifically on
providing an historical overview of the major theories and by
doing so accumulating them into one theoretical model.
Concommitantly theories coined by post-structuralist thinkers
such as Derrida and deconstruction are also employed in
furnishing the reading model with a deconstructivi i-.>"": base. It
proved appropriate to analyse postmodernist poetry ~<ch as that
of Joan Hambidge by means of this strategy.
In the second chapter I focused specifically on the poetry of
Antj ie Krog until her latest volume of poetry, Lady Anne. From
the latter texts dealing especially with the husband and wife
relationship within the traditional marriage were selected and
analysed. I focused on the three main female figures in the
text, viz. Lady Anne Barnard, Mrs. Van Reenen, and Antjie Krog
herself. I indicated what the implications of the marital
relationship were on the lives of the characters. Often there is
also a prevalent sexual rivalry within the realms of the
patriarchal marriage.
In the case of Lady Anne Barnard the relationship reveals the
tension inherent to their situation at large. Andrew Barnard is
regarded as a weak man who is subj ected to his powerful wife.
This is evident from their marital relationship too. The man as
instigator and head of the household within the patriarchy
wishes to establish himself as bearer of that power and by doing
so comes in conflict with his wife.
In the third chapter I analysed the Lesbianfeminist poems of
Joan Hambidge and especially those in her third volume of poetry. The codes of a Lesbian relationship are subversive in
that it questions the morality of society at large. Lesbian love
affairs are regarded as "strange" and immoral by the rUling
patriarchal hegemony. This is the result of its undermining
attitude towards sexism in society at large.
In my conclusion I indicated that a feminist reading model is
feasible for the reading of literary texts in that it aims to
deconstruct the predominant sexist binary oppositions in our
society. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie ondersoek was om in die inleidende
teoretiese gedeelte In oorsig te gee van die belangrikste
feministiese teoretici se bevindings. Daar is veral
gekonsentreer op In historiese oorsig van die feministiese
teoriee en hieruit is probeer om een teoretiese model daar te
stel, waarvolgens literere tekste in die besonder gelees kon
word. In aansluiting by die post-strukturalistiese teoriee van
Jacques Derrida is aan die feministiese leesmodel In
dekonstruktivistiese basis gegee. Dit het veral geblyk van pas
te wees, by die lees van die postmodernistiese poesie soos in
die geval van Joan Hambidge.
In die tweede hoofstuk is veral gefokus op die poes1e van Antjie
Krog en is die eiesoortige kenmerke van haar poesie eers
uitgelig. Daarna is veral gekonsentreer op haar mees onlangse
digbundel Lady Anne. Uit die bundel is veral tekste geselekteer
wat pertinent fokus op uitbeelding van die man-vrou-verhouding
binne die huwelik. Daar word veral gekonsentreer op die drie
bel~ngrikste vrouefigure in die bundel, naamlik Lady Anne
Barnard, Mev. Van Reenen en die digteres Antjie Krog self. Daar
is veral aangetoon wat hulle verhoudings met hulle mans was en
die huweliksrelasie is met behulp van In feministiese leesmodel
beskou en gedekonstrueer. Dikwels is daar sprake van In seksuele
magstryd in die huwelik aan die gang.
In die geval van Lady Anne Barnard weerspieel die
huweliksverhouding tussen man en vrou die spanning wat inherent
aanwesig is, veral omdat Barnard so In swakkeling is en hy
onderdanig aan sy vrou staan. Hierdie magsbalans wat versteur
word, kern ook voor in die verse oor Antjie Krog en haar man. Die
man as verteenwoordiger van die patriargale waardesisteem, sien dit as sy plig om oor die vrou te heers.
In die derde hoofstuk word veral gekonsentreer op Joan Hambidge
se Lesbiesfeministiese verse en wel uit haar derde digbundel,
Die anatomie van melancholie. Die kodes van die Lesbiese
verhouding tussen twee vroue is ondermynend van aard en dit gee
aanleiding tot kontroversiele bevraagtekening van die heersende
ideologie binne die same1ewing. Die heersende seksistiese ins1ag
van die patriargie het tot gevolg dat Lesbiese liefde as
IIvreemd" bestempel word en gevolglik strydig is met die wese van
die ideologiese apparatuur in so 'n staat.
Ten slotte word aangetoon, dat In feministiese leesmodel weI
sinvol is vir die lees van tekste en dat dit veral daarop gemik
is am die seksistiese binere opposisies binne ' n seksistiese
denksistee~ te ondermyn.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/68821 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Crous, Matthys Lourens |
| Contributors | Spies, Lina, Gilfallen, F. R., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences. Dept. of Afrikaans & Dutch. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | af_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 136 p. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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