Suidpunt-jazz van André Letoit: Waardeoordeel en die lees van ’n postmodernistiese prosateks
In reviews of the postmodernist novel, Suidpunt-jazz, certain value judgements are made. The norms on which these assessments are based are examined by using a model of Boonstra (1979). According to this model, coherence is singled out as the most important norm in these reviews. By emphasizing this...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
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1992-05-01
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| Series: | Literator |
| Online Access: | https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/723 |
| Summary: | In reviews of the postmodernist novel, Suidpunt-jazz, certain value judgements are made. The norms on which these assessments are based are examined by using a model of Boonstra (1979). According to this model, coherence is singled out as the most important norm in these reviews. By emphasizing this norm, a balanced evaluation of a postmodernist text becomes impossible. Eventually other norms (illusion-breaking and différance) are shown to be possibly more valid for evaluating a postmodernist text like Suidpunt-jazz. |
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| ISSN: | 0258-2279 2219-8237 |