Faculty of Humanities
School of Literature and Language Studies
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sheileya@myconnection.co.za / This thesis comprises a volume of verse entitled ‘Wandering through water’ and
a theoretical reflection on it. The volume contains poems written, edited and
refined over the two year research period (July 2003 to May 2005). A reflexive
essay accompanies it, providing a template for an account of the poems’
composition and a description of poetic devices and practices employed. It also
engages with the primary concerns of the verse and its possibilities.
The essay reflects on the working method employed: the process and necessity of
refining a poem by tracing its multiple revisions. Reflexive tools utilized in this
‘mapping’, include the ‘Writer’s Reflexive Journal’, suggestions and comments
made during supervision and workshop processes, as well as engagement with
other poet’s work.
The reflexive essay also explores that the thematic priorities of the poetry and its
inspiration which is rooted in a historical, Jewish and South African context. In
the space of the poetry it is re-narrated, negotiated and struggled with and at
times experienced without the mediation of conscious thought, to produce
alternative meaning and the possibility of selfhood. It explores the
responsibilities of a poet to her community. Further, that the writing of poetry
contains within it the possibility of extending that which is personal and
contextualised into a spiritual or universal experience.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/1465 |
| Date | 26 October 2006 |
| Creators | Rachbuch, Shelley Ann. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 347305 bytes, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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