Open AccessIn memoriam lingua: ’n linguistiese ondersoek van ’n metafiksionele teks deur Etienne van Heerden
Author(s) -
L. Mackenzie
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
literator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2219-8237
pISSN - 0258-2279
DOI - 10.4102/lit.v16i1.591
Subject(s) - lingua franca , linguistics , realisation , philosophy , order (exchange) , theology , humanities , art , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , economics
In memoriam lingua: A linguistic investigation of a metafictional text by Etienne van Heerden Metafictional texts always problematize explicitly and/or implicitly the ability of language to signify a reality beyond itself It follows that an assessment of a metafictional text should benefit by an investigation of its linguistic fabric. A similar investigation of Etienne van Heerden's short story "Die wederopstanding van Olive” in Liegfahriek (a) outlines a number of the author-narrator's strategies - verbal and non-verbal - in order to circumvent the insignificance of his medium; (b) brings the reader to a realisation of his/her own participation in the stultification of language, and (c) reveals the inherent content of all literary texts