Verhaal As Heimwee Na die Droom van Geborgenheid. Verhaal As Heimwee Na die Droom van Geborgenheid.

Verhaal As Heimwee Na die Droom van Geborgenheid‪.‬

Journal of Literary Studies 2008, June, 24, 2

Journal of Literary Studies
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Summary In de Vries's volume of short stories, Tot verhaal kom (2003), narration as means of understanding is investigated. In spite of the "narratavistic turn" in the humanities, de Vries takes a critical stance towards the possibilities of narration to help us to understand the world and ourselves. The closure offered by narratives might assist us to find meaning in our world but in all the short stories in this volume there is a consciousness that the closure offered by the stories is not enough. All perceptions, all emotions and experiences, can simply not be narrated. In every

GENRE
Professional & Technical
RELEASED
2008
1 June
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
31
Pages
PUBLISHER
Literator Society of South Africa
SIZE
205.9
KB

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