TALATALA-SERIES:
Over the past number of decades the production of Afrikaans monographs slowed considerably. Institutional emphasis on the production of journal articles and the small potential market meant that main stream Afrikaans publishers were often reluctant to publish Afrikaans literary and linguistic monographs. In recent times Afrikaans literary and language researchers seldom had opportunities to publish book length publications. In 2004, response to this paucity of Afrikaans literary critical and linguistic texts, the Department of Afrikaans at the University of Pretoria initiated the Talatala Series. The series title “Talatala” refers to the scientific name “Nectarinia talatala” for the White-bellied Sunbird endemic to the dry savannah habitats of southern Africa.
The first monographs to be published were:
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Roodt, Piet. 2008. Amfiteater. Skrywerstemme van Oud-Tukkies. Protea Book House. |
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Nolte, Elsa. Vigiti Magna. 'n Soeke na goud. Pretoria: Protea Book House, 2005. Talatala Series 1. |
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Willemse, Hein. Aan die ander kant. Pretoria: Protea Book House, 2007. Talatala Series 2. |
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Davids, Achmat. The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims. Eds. Hein Willemse & Suleman E. Dangor. Pretoria: Protea Book House, 2011. Talatala Series 3.
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Op die keper beskou: Oor die ontstaan van Afrikaans. Grebe, Heinrich Pretoria: Van Schaik, 2012; (2nd ed 2013). Talatala Series 4. |
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Oorgane en Voortgange. 'n Huldigingsbundel vir prof. C.H.F. Ohlhoff. Edited by Willemse, Hein. Pretoria: Van Schaik, 2013
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A History of South African Literature by Jerzy Koch Read more: http://www.netwerk24.com/vermaak/boeke/2015-09-08-nuwe-geskiedenis-vir-die-letterkunde ■ A History of South African Literature: Afrikaans Literature: From the 17th to the 19th Century was translated by Dominika Ferens from Polish to English. |
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'baie worde' Identiteit en transformasie by Antjie Krog by Jacomien van Niekerk This book derived from a doctoral disseration that was completed at the University of Pretoria in 2014. The titel was "Om te hoort: aspekte van identiteit in Antjie Krog se transformasie-trilogie".
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Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is the oldest existing literary journal on the African continent. The journal has been published under this name since 1951 and is a direct continuation of Die Jaarboek van die Afrikaanse boek (Yearbook of Afrikaans books) that was started by the well-known Afrikaans poets C. M. van den Heever (1902–1957) and T. J. Haarhoff (1892–1971) in 1936. Previous editors include figures like Coenie Rudolph and Professors Abel Coetzee, Elize Botha and Henning Pieterse. Since 2003 the journal is based in the Department of Afrikaans of the University of Pretoria with Prof Hein Willemse as editor-in-chief. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde positions itself as “a journal for African literature” and in addition to Afrikaans, peer-reviewed academic articles are also published in English, French and Dutch. Articles in the journal are included in the foremost international indexes.
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