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South African Journal of Education
versión On-line ISSN 2076-3433
versión impresa ISSN 0256-0100
Resumen
MABUNDA, Magezi y RAMHURRY, Cindy. An analysis of the effects of history in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission poetry. S. Afr. j. educ. [online]. 2023, vol.43, n.4, pp.1-8. ISSN 2076-3433. http://dx.doi.org/10.15700/saje.v43n4a2236.
Scholars raise 2 salient questions regarding poetry in post-apartheid South Africa. One is whether new poetry emerged in the post-apartheid South Africa, and the other is whether poetry produced during and after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is capable of capturing the imagination of the reading public without resorting to the bigotry of Black versus White. Literature highlights the need for South African poets to move away from using historical facts as the basis for making literary representation. We acknowledge that the use of historical facts as the basis for literary representation of societies may be seen as insensitive to the victims of the injustices of the past practices in highly politically polarised communities. At the same time, we argue that historical narratives with positive ideological intent can heal wounds and unite a nation. To justify this position, we adopted a 2-fold perspective: firstly, we investigated the effects of using history as the basis for literary representation and, secondly, we examined the extent to which post-apartheid South African poets may use history as a necessary tool to enforce unity and a sense of forgiveness.
Palabras clave : apartheid; forgiveness; poetry; racism; truth.
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