• Dan Wylie’s poetry and a new default discourse for the earth 

  Owen, Harry (Routledge, 2025)

  In the face of global warming, human over-population, the catastrophic consequences of being who and what we are, of what our languages have defined us to be, we need to rediscover nature’s own voice. Far from imposing a ...
• The typewriter’s tale : re-exploring the historical figure of Henry James through fiction 

  Breytenbach, Albertus (Unisa Press, 2023)

  This article investigates the relationship between historical fiction, history, and the portrayal of the character and identity of Henry James with specific reference to The Typewriter’s Tale (2005) by Michiel Heyns. ...
• The emotional well-being of African wives : perceiving the generalised resistance resources (GRRs) in stress management by co-wives in Lola Shoneyin's novel The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives 

  Ndiyah, Yvumbom Florence (Routledge, 2021)

  Although it is oppressive to women, polygamy is still relevant in many contemporary African societies, where the culturally acceptable identity of a woman is as a wife and mother, as demonstrated in Lola Shoneyin’s The ...
• The PhD in Creative Writing and the teaching thereof at South African universities 

  Pieterse, Henning Jonathan, 1960- (Routledge, 2015-11)

  The need for and feasibility of a PhD degree in CreativeWriting is discussed. The structure and content of PhDs in this field in the UK, USA and Australia are examined. The focus then shifts towards the content and ...
• “[Om] nou hier op oordeelsdag bontbokke te kom tel ”1 – Wopko Jensma en die sensuurwetgewing van die jare sewentig 

  Kleyn, Leti; Marais, Johannes Lodewyk (Suider-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Neerlandistiek, 2009)

  In July 1964 the list of banned publications in South Africa stood at 12 000 titles and increased rapidly thereafter. Between 1955 and 1971 thousands of titles were burned in municipal ovens. In this article the second ...
• Bokskiet, bokspring en bokjol : skuld- en vergifnisrituele in 30 nagte in Amsterdam (Etienne van Heerden) 

  Hattingh, Roela; Pieterse, Henning Jonathan, 1960- (Litnet, 2014-12)

  Skuld en vergifnis is verwikkelde konstrukte wat deur die eeue in verskillende religieuse, sosiologiese, psigologiese, wetlike en private ruimtes ontwikkel het en steeds ontwikkel. Hierdie konstrukte word gesien as deel ...
• Karen Blixen in the African book and literary tourism market 

  Marais, Johannes Lodewyk (Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Assosiasie, 2015-01)

  In 1937, the Danish-born writer Karen Blixen published Out of Africa, an autobiographical account, in English, of the seventeen years she spent in Africa (from 1914 until 1931). During those years, she forged a permanent ...
• "Even a footnote can be a tragic figure" - Demitrios (Dimitri) Tsafendas (1918-1999) as literêre karakter 

  Kleyn, Leti (South African Journal of Art History, 2014)

  On 6 September 1966, former prime minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd was assassinated in parliament by Demitrios Tsafendas. Whilst two books were published on this subject (Scholtz, 1967 & Schoeman, 1975), the individual ...
• Woordlandskappe in gesprek met beeldlandskappe : ’n praktykgebaseerde ondersoek na die kreatiewe verbande tussen digkuns en visuele kuns 

  Van Loggerenberg, Marianne; Kleyn, Leti (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2014)

  In this article, creative relationships between poetry (lexical text) and visual art (‘text’-in-images) are examined and illustrated with an example. The article focuses on the potential for a heightened experienced that ...
• Waar gaan ons nog ’n keurder kry wat my goedgesind is? – Die publikasiegeskiedenis van Storm Sevenster (1984) deur Wessel Pretorius 

  Kleyn, Leti (Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging, 2013)

  In 1984 the novel Storm Sevenster by Afrikaans poet Wessel Pretorius, caused havoc with rumours that publisher Perskor intended to submit the publication to the censorship board before accepting it for publication. This ...
• Funksionaliteit van voëlverwysings in twee verse-inwording uit D.J. Opperman se onvoltooide bundel Sonklong oor Afrika 

  Franzsen, R.C.D. (Riel) (Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging, 2013)

  D.J. Opperman, one of the most prominent Afrikaans poets of the 20th century, often used birds as symbols and metaphors to describe or reinforce human emotions or conduct. This is especially evident in Heilige beeste (1945), ...
• Dosering van Skryfkuns aan Suid-Afrikaanse universiteite : 'n oorsig 

  Pieterse, Henning Jonathan, 1960- (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-11-22)

  Skryfkuns is ’n relatief nuwe vak aan Suid-Afrikaanse universiteite. Die bestek en metodologie van hierdie vakgebied is plaaslik nog nie na behore ondersoek nie. In dié artikel word die dosering van Skryfkuns as vak, ...
• Ons kyk vanself - kreatiewe skryfkuns, konkrete poësie en 'n verset teen skrywersnorme 

  Kleyn, Leti (AOSIS Open Journals, 2012-11-13)

  In hierdie artikel word daar gefokus op die kunstenaarsboek Sanity on the line – ’n katalogus van individuele (studente-)werk saamgestel uit ’n snipperdigprojek wat as deel van die kunstenaarsboekprojek Oor die einders ...
• "Haai, Jaco Jacobs! Wanneer skryf jy 'n regte boek?" 'n Bestekopname van Afrikaanse kinder- en jeugboeke (1999-2009) 

  Kleyn, Leti; Snyman, Maritha (Unisa Press, 2011-05-06)

  Ten years after Betsie van der Westhuizen’s (1999) argumentation, this article attempts to take stock of the state and place of Afrikaans children’s and juvenile books in the Afrikaans literary system. By making use of ...
• Poësieterapie : enkele tegnieke met voorbeeldtekste 

  Kleyn, Leti (Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging, 2011-03)

  This article looks at different poetry therapy techniques and examples of creative writings illustrating these techniques. The research of Forrest (1969) and Mazza (2003) is used in the second and last section of the ...
• Poësieterapie - 'n terreinverkenning en toepassingsmoontlikhede daarvan in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks 

  Kleyn, Leti; Pieterse, Henning Jonathan, 1960- (Department of Social Work, University of Johannesburg, 2009)

  This article provides an overview of the field of poetry therapy by focussing on its origin in ancient civilizations, its earlier uses – which emphasise the therapeutic value of poetry – and the establishment of the worldwide ...
• Wopko Jensma en die soeke na 'n nuwe (Suid-)Afrikaanse identiteit 

  Kleyn, Leti; Marais, Johannes Lodewyk (Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Assosiasie, 2010)

  This article focuses on aspects of identity in the Afrikaans poetry of Wopko Jensma, published in three volumes of poetry, and in various magazines. Jensma apparently strove towards a new, "free" South African identity, ...
• Kom ek vertel vir jou ’n storie oor Lacan se objet petit a (“kleinletter-ander”) : ’n outo-etnografiese verkenning van ’n kreatiewe persoon se ervaring tydens die skryf van ’n akademiese artikel oor die kreatiewe proses 

  Hattingh, Roela (Bureau for Scholarly Journals, 2009-04)

  This article is an auto-ethnographical narrative that, through the splintering of the ego, views the creative process reflectively and reflexively. It includes an exploratory investigation of the concept "Other" as it ...
• The pen and the couch : possibilities for creative writing and narrative therapy in South Africa 

  Vaandrager, Cornelis; Pieterse, Henning Jonathan, 1960- (Department of Social Work, University of Johannesburg, 2008)

  This paper deals with the link between narrative therapy, a post-modern, discourse-based therapy with its focus on re-storying life experiences thereby extracting the positive, and creative writing and the possible ...
• Ander bestekopname van die Afrikaanse poësie, 2004−2007 

  Kleyn, Leti (LitNet, 2008)

  In this article an overview is provided of Afrikaans poetry for the period 2004–2007. Book publications and activities concerning Afrikaans poetry, such as arts festivals, radio programmes and websites, are discussed. ...

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