Journal | Il Tolomeo
Journal issue | 21 | 2019
Research Article | I like to think instead: percorsi di dissidenza nella poesia di Ingrid de Kok

I like to think instead: percorsi di dissidenza nella poesia di Ingrid de Kok

Abstract

Aim of this article is to explore some paths of meaning in the lyrics of the South African poet Ingrid de Kok. I will analyse her relationship with the history of her country in various collections and the difficult balance between collective and personal ethos, trying to highlight her linguistic search for ethical spaces not colonized by the widespread and still racially loaded ideologies of her country. One of the main features in de Kok’s poetry, I think, is her capacity to allow opposing realities to coexhist. My article will deal with the notion of juxtaposition the way it comes across in some of her poems, both from a linguistic point of view and in terms of its imagery.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Sept. 22, 2019 | Accepted: Oct. 2, 2019 | Published Dec. 19, 2019 | Language: it

Keywords Ingrid de Ko • post-apartheid • apartheid • South African English poetry • Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Copyright © 2019 Maria Paola Guarducci. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Tol/2499-5975/2019/01/023


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