'n Pragmatiese analise van die vertelsituasie in Verliesfontein 'n Pragmatiese analise van die vertelsituasie in Verliesfontein

Abstract

The writer, Karel Schoeman, is especially well known for his historiographical representations of the past, both in fiction and non-fiction, characteristically with the intention of presenting the past in an ideological perspective. Commentators have singled out his manner of narration in Verliesfontein (one of a trilogy) for particular scrutiny, concentrating on the authenticity or lack of authenticity of the narration. The trilogy clearly tries to recapture the past and present it with objective verisimilitude. In doing so, the three works give voice, almost exclusively, to persons previously marginalized, intending to redress a historical silence.