Inleiding: “Om kommunikasie op gang te kry”: Die begin en einde van Marlene van Niekerk se oeuvre
Abstract
Van Niekerk's novels are characterised by the special attention that is drawn to the use of language. This article focuses on the ways in which the mimetic possibilities of language are investigated in her novels. The restriction on communication, on knowledge of the self, knowledge and understanding of the other and of the world as a result of the fact that this knowledge and communication are determined by language is central in this investigation. Eventually it is pointed out how van Niekerk tries to reach beyond these restrictions of language by making use of narrative and metaphor.
Opsomming
Van Niekerk se romans word gekenmerk deur die manier waarop met taal omgegaan word. Hierdie artikel fokus op die manier waarop die mimetiese moontlikhede van taal in Van Niekerk se drie romans ondersoek word. Die beperkings op kommunikasie, op selfkennis en op kennis en begrip van die ander en van die wêreld as gevolg van die talige gemedieerdheid van al hierdie kennis en kommunikasie staan sentraal in die ondersoek. Uiteindelik word gewys op die pogings van Van Niekerk om deur metafore en deur vertellings verby hierdie beperkings te reik.
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