The aim of this article is to analise the poem ‘Achilles se skild’ (The shield of Achilles) by T.T. Cloete, from his volume of poetry onversadig (unquenched) (2011). The poem, as narrated by Cloete, will be compared with the original text as we find it in the Iliad of Homer. In the first section of the article the symbolic meaning of the shield which Hephaistos makes, will be explored. Subsequently it will be demonstrated how Cloete appropriates and adapts the material from the Iliad to forge a philosophy of life which is in correspondance with the rest of the volume of poetry onversadig and his poetic oeuvre.
Tale van die Noordwes-Universiteit, Potchefstroomkampus. Verskeie artikels en hoofstukke van haar het in geakkrediteerde vakpublikasies verskyn. Sy tree op as artikelkeurder vir nasionale en internasionale akademiese tydskrifte en as manuskripkeurder vir Suid-Afrikaanse en Nederlandse uitgewers. Sy het referate op nasionale en internasionale kongresse gelewer en tree op as spreker by openbare geleenthede. Sy is redakteur van Woord en Daad. Die afgelope jare het ʼn groot aantal resensies van haar in verskeie publikasies verskyn. Op Versindaba behartig sy ʼn blog oor die digkuns en dien sy op die permanente resensiepaneel. Sy is tans betrokke by navorsing oor sowel die toegepaste linguistiek as die literêre teorie. Marlies Taljard is a lecturer in the School of Languages at the NorthWest University (Potchefstroom Campus). She has published extensively nationally and internationally and presented papers at numerous conferences. She regularly writes book reviews for local and international newspapers and academic journals. Her solo blog on a prestigious SA poetry website is widely read. She serves on the editorial staff of several accredited and nonaccredited journals and acts as adjudicator for literary awards. Currently her research focusses on rhetoric and literary theory. Marlies Taljard ABSTRACT "What is man that Thou hast endowed him with such grace?": The representation of the battle between Carnival and Lent by Bruegel and T.T. Cloete The aim of this article is to compare certain similarities and differences in Peter Breugel the Elder's painting "The battle between Carnival and Lent" and T.T. Cloete's most recent volume of poetry, "Karnaval en Lent is een gedig" ("Carnival and Lent are one poem"). The central theme of the volume of poetry is based on the painting by Bruegel which was painted in 1559.
Writing takes place in wrestling the self down: strategies of reconciliation in Kleur kom nooit alleen nie (Colour never comes on its own) by Antjie Krog One of the central themes in “Kleur kom nooit alleen nie” (2000), a volume of poetry by Antjie Krog, is the reconciliation between people of different races and political orientations. Krog regards reconciliation through the medium of language and the poem as the task of the poet. In the volume under discussion these actions often take place within the liminal zone. The speaking “I” goes “underground” in the isolated space far from the centre, in order to consider ways in which people can co-exist in new, peaceful relationships. The destabilisation of textual stability by stressing the ambiguous meaning of words is a transgressive action, implying a rethinking of the meaning of words in order to aid reconciliation. Speaking abjection, the liminal action where traumatic events are made public in an attempt to reconcile with the past, is an important modus operandi in some of these poems. It therefore seems as if the liminal zone offers fertile space to the poet to think about and reconsider reconciliation and peaceful coexistence.
in die Senaatsaal van die Noordwes-Universiteit in Potchefstroom deur die skrywer gelewer is. Gedeeltes daarvan het as nie-akademiese teks op die webblad Versindaba verskyn.
Academic language proficiency has a significant impact on students’ academic performance. According to existing literature underdeveloped language competence is a common problem amongst postgraduate students (Bammett, 1989; Grabe, 1991; Ellis, 1994; Cohen, 1998; Tercanlioglu, 2004; Brown, 2008; Young et al., 2013). Reasons for this situation include the fact that postgraduate students often have to write in a language other than their mother tongue or that they lack abilities in critical reading, the handling of sources, academic argumentation, and text structuring. Students at masters and doctoral level therefore often struggle with handling prescribed material and with producing well-written academic texts, and supervisors are challenged to act proactively in order to manage potential risks. This article is a report on the use of the Test of Academic Literacy for Postgraduate Students – TALPS (ICELDA, 2020) to determine the academic literacy needs of postgraduate students for the purpose of course development. TALPS was used in combination with needs reported by supervisors in order to identify performance requirements and gaps in students’ profi ciencies. In combination with guidelines for best practice available in the existing literature this knowledge was used for the creation of a short course in academic writing for postgraduate students. This context specific intervention focused on the writing of a literature review, text structuring, cohesion and coherence, academic argumentation, scholarly identity, and text editing. Exceptionally positive feedback from both students and supervisors and significant improvement in students’ writing testify to the success of this intervention.
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