Nadoodse ondersoek

In this dissertation the poetic voice in the collection Nadoodse ondersoek is investigated. A "poetic autopsy" is "performed" to define the poet's relation to words and images in thematic - and metaphoric implications. The development from impulse to final poem is discussed. The role of form and content and the tension between emotion and intellect is explored. Guidelines for aspiring poets by Ottone M. Riccio (The intimate art of writing), Rainer Maria Rilke (Letters to a young poet), Richard Hugo (The Triggering Town), A.P. Grove (Woord en wonder), T.T. Cloete (on J.H.Leopold's "dromende denke") and Dorothea Brande (Becoming a writer), amongst others, are applied. The definitions of desire and the death drive as formulated by Jacques Lacan, as well as Julia Kristeva's definitions of the semiotic chora and the abject are used as theoretic criteria in an investigation of psychoanalytic processes in the creative writing process.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of English Language and Literature

Year dc:date.issued

2008

Author dc:creator

• Klopper, Martina

Language dc:language.iso

afr

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10699

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10699