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The familiar and the familial : an exploration of personal, post-apartheid poetry written by women
Dissertation (MA (Creative Writing))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/94475 The familiar and the familial : an exploration of personal, post-apartheid poetry written by women Medalie, David Kristindd16@gmail.com De Decker, Kristin UCTD Post-apartheid poetry Saaleha Idrees Bamjee Michèle Betty Koleka Putuma Finuala Dowling Malika Ndlovu Familial Familiar The personal Feminist affect theory Women’s poetry Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Dissertation (MA (Creative Writing))--University of Pretoria, 2023. This dissertation explores the multivocality and multiplicity of post-apartheid, personal poetry written by South African women. By analysing selected personal poetry by Malika Ndlovu, Finuala Dowling, Koleka Putuma, Michèle Betty and Saaleha Idrees Bamjee, this discussion highlights the post-apartheid turn to the personal sphere as well as the proliferation of introspection and identity formation. In order to trace the rise of the personal and its preoccupations, the discussion is divided into ‘familiar’ and ‘familial’ subject matter, where two poems from each poet are explored, one under each category. The familiar denotes poems that engage with interiority, self-reflection and contemplation, while poems of the familial emphasise the speaker’s relationships with close acquaintances and family members. In both the poems of the familiar and the familial, the role of emotion in articulating these experiences is pivotal. This discussion thus contemplates ways that emotion shapes the content and form of the poetry. Considering emotion from a feminist perspective of affect theory allows women’s emotion to be reframed as a powerful and necessary poetic impulse. The dissertation is thematically connected to the poetry collection Midnight in the Mind, which is the creative component of my M.A. Much like the selected work of the poets, the poems in the collection largely fall into the category of post-apartheid personal poetry that is voiced by a myriad of emotions, and is intimately engaged with both the familiar and familial. Unit for Creative Writing MA (Creative Writing) Restricted Faculty of Humanities 2024-02-12T09:20:06Z 2024-02-12T09:20:06Z 2024-04 2023-12-10 Dissertation * A2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94475 N/A - Disclaimer Letter from Supervisor sent to The Scholarly Communication Unit en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Post-apartheid poetry Saaleha Idrees Bamjee Michèle Betty Koleka Putuma Finuala Dowling Malika Ndlovu Familial Familiar The personal Feminist affect theory Women’s poetry Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The familiar and the familial : an exploration of personal, post-apartheid poetry written by women |
| title | The familiar and the familial : an exploration of personal, post-apartheid poetry written by women |
| title_full | The familiar and the familial : an exploration of personal, post-apartheid poetry written by women |
| title_fullStr | The familiar and the familial : an exploration of personal, post-apartheid poetry written by women |
| title_full_unstemmed | The familiar and the familial : an exploration of personal, post-apartheid poetry written by women |
| title_short | The familiar and the familial : an exploration of personal, post-apartheid poetry written by women |
| title_sort | familiar and the familial an exploration of personal post apartheid poetry written by women |
| topic | UCTD Post-apartheid poetry Saaleha Idrees Bamjee Michèle Betty Koleka Putuma Finuala Dowling Malika Ndlovu Familial Familiar The personal Feminist affect theory Women’s poetry Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
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