Starting from the concept of ‘ordinary’ as it is outlined in Neville Alexander’s collection of essays, An Ordinary Country (2002), this paper reflects upon some common traits emerging from the bulk of the recent flourishing of novels by new black writers in South Africa. The aim of the paper is a first, tentative sketch of the relationship between these writings (and their authors) and the South African tradition, with a view to exploring whether there is a new canon struggling to emerge from this post-transitional wave of fiction. This essay aims at raising some reflections around authors such as Sello Duiker, Phaswane Mpe, Kopano Matlwa, Renesh Lakhan, etc. and on their liaison with the South African/African literary canon
Guarducci, M.P. (2013). From Chaos to Canon: Some Reflections on South African post-Transitional Novels. In M.H. Laforest, J. Wilkinson (a cura di), Contemporary Sites of Chaos in the Literatures of the Postcolonial World (pp. 157-174). ROMA : Aracne Editrice.
From Chaos to Canon: Some Reflections on South African post-Transitional Novels
GUARDUCCI, MARIA PAOLA
2013-01-01
Abstract
Starting from the concept of ‘ordinary’ as it is outlined in Neville Alexander’s collection of essays, An Ordinary Country (2002), this paper reflects upon some common traits emerging from the bulk of the recent flourishing of novels by new black writers in South Africa. The aim of the paper is a first, tentative sketch of the relationship between these writings (and their authors) and the South African tradition, with a view to exploring whether there is a new canon struggling to emerge from this post-transitional wave of fiction. This essay aims at raising some reflections around authors such as Sello Duiker, Phaswane Mpe, Kopano Matlwa, Renesh Lakhan, etc. and on their liaison with the South African/African literary canonI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
