Etienne van Heerden: Mooi loop met die woorde!
The literary press received Etienne van Heerden’s recent novel In stede van die liefde (Instead of love; In cities of love, 2005) positively. The Afrikaans cultural organisation, the ATKV (Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging), for instance awarded the novel its 2005 prize for excellent popular pro...
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| description | The literary press received Etienne van Heerden’s recent novel In stede van die liefde (Instead of love; In cities of love, 2005) positively. The Afrikaans cultural organisation, the ATKV (Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging), for instance awarded the novel its 2005 prize for excellent popular prose. Nonetheless, not all is what it seems. Some literary critics rather hesitantly suggested that Van Heerden’s narration and style were less fluent than his previous novels. This article aims to uncover the reasons for these reservations by looking into the author’s use of the Afrikaans language. The paper suggests that the novel could have been edited more thoroughly. The numerous language errors and idiosyncrasies in the text mar what should have been a fascinating reading experience. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-714d681dc9c54efabc91c23b3af809cd2022-12-22T03:00:33ZafrTydskrif vir Letterkunde AssociationTydskrif vir Letterkunde0041-476X2309-90702018-08-01432Etienne van Heerden: Mooi loop met die woorde!H. P. Grebe0University of Pretoria, PretoriaThe literary press received Etienne van Heerden’s recent novel In stede van die liefde (Instead of love; In cities of love, 2005) positively. The Afrikaans cultural organisation, the ATKV (Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging), for instance awarded the novel its 2005 prize for excellent popular prose. Nonetheless, not all is what it seems. Some literary critics rather hesitantly suggested that Van Heerden’s narration and style were less fluent than his previous novels. This article aims to uncover the reasons for these reservations by looking into the author’s use of the Afrikaans language. The paper suggests that the novel could have been edited more thoroughly. The numerous language errors and idiosyncrasies in the text mar what should have been a fascinating reading experience.https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/article/view/5476Etienne van HeerdenIn stede van die liefde (novel)language normslanguage deviationlanguage mistakesediting |
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| title | Etienne van Heerden: Mooi loop met die woorde! |
| title_full | Etienne van Heerden: Mooi loop met die woorde! |
| title_fullStr | Etienne van Heerden: Mooi loop met die woorde! |
| title_full_unstemmed | Etienne van Heerden: Mooi loop met die woorde! |
| title_short | Etienne van Heerden: Mooi loop met die woorde! |
| title_sort | etienne van heerden mooi loop met die woorde |
| topic | Etienne van Heerden In stede van die liefde (novel) language norms language deviation language mistakes editing |
| url | https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/article/view/5476 |
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