The Dassie and the Hunter: A South African Meeting

Kaschula, Russell H

Title: The Dassie and the Hunter: A South African Meeting
Creator: Kaschula, Russell H
Date Issued: 2005
Date: 2005
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175147
Identifier: vital:42547
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v43i1.29727
Description: This book does not resemble any of Jeff Opland’s previous academic works. There is no similarity in style, and to some extent content. His previous books, namely, Xhosa oral poetry: Aspects of a black South African tradition (Cambridge University Press, 1983), and Xhosa poets and poetry (David Philip, 1998), were written as purely scientific, academic works. The Dassie and the Hunter amounts to a subtle snub of academia and its restrictive rules. Though written by Opland, it is as if he and his research subject, Manisi, have colluded to make this work different and special, in a personal mystical way, disregarding academic etiquette, weaving a more creative, poetic tapestry. This makes the book an interesting read. In style and content, it is neither rigorously academic, solely biographical, nor purely creative. It evades classification. It is individualistic.
Format: 3 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
Relation: Kaschula, R.H., 2006. " The Dassie and the Hunter. A South African Meeting" By Jeff Opland (2005). Tydskrif vir letterkunde, 43(1), pp.186-188
Relation: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde volume 43 number 1 186 188 2005 2309-9070
Rights: Publisher
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Tydskrif vir letterkunde Copyright Notice Statement (https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tvl/about/submissions)

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