Finding My Way - Reflections on South African Literature

This book reflects on South African literature from the perspective of 2020. It emerges from Duncan Brown's experiences of three decades of working in this field of writing and scholarship.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Finding My Way
Chapter One: Reimagining South African Literature
Chapter Two: Reimagining the 'Literary'
Chapter Three: Reading 'With'
Chapter Four: Writing Belief, Reading Belief
Chapter Five: Creative Non-Fiction: A Conversation with Antjie Krog
Chapter Six: Oral Literature in South Africa: Twenty Years On
Chapter Seven: 'That Man Patton': The Personal History of a Book
Conclusion: Recursive Futures? Or: What Rough Beast?
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Duncan Brown is professor of English at the Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research at the University of the Western Cape. He has widely published in South African literary and cultural studies.

Product details

• Authors: Duncan Brown
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032633824
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3263382-4
• No. of pages: 202
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Regional Studies, Philosophy: aesthetics, Literature: history & criticism, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, Literature: history and criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, Literature;History and Criticism;Sociology;Anthropology