Resources as part of the narrative in biography. A study of the extent to which letters contribute to the narrative in biography, with reference to JC Kannemeyer's biography Leroux: 'n Lewe and Charles Bukowski by Barry Miles

Title

Resources as part of the narrative in biography. A study of the extent to which letters contribute to the narrative in biography, with reference to JC Kannemeyer's biography Leroux: 'n Lewe and Charles Bukowski by Barry Miles

author

Van Aardt, Stephanus Petrus

datePublished

2016

degree

Philosophiae Doctor

publisher

University of Pretoria

department

Unit for Creative Writing

contributor

Pieterse, H. J.

description

Hierdie studie bestaan uit drie dele: Eerstens, 'n proefskrif - in Engels - wat die mate ondersoek wat briewe tot die narratief in 'n lewensverhaal bydra. Daar word spesifiek op twee werke gefokus as deel van 'n vergelykende studie: J. C. Kannemeyer se Leroux: 'n Lewe en Charles Bukowski deur Barry Miles. Tweedens, 'n versameling geredigeerde briewe in Afrikaans geskryf deur Etienne Leroux aan verskillende prominente Suid-Afrikaanse en internasionale skrywers en persoonlikhede. Laastens, 'n ongepubliseerde manuskrip met die voorlopige titel Vier en veertig, agtien.

The primary research question in my study is "[t]o what extent resources such as letters contribute to the narrative in biography? With reference to JC Kannemeyer's biography Leroux: 'n Lewe and Charles Bukowski by Barry Miles. the secondary research questions are: What roles do fact and fiction play in the construction of a biography? When can letters be trusted as the truth. And therefore as a 'vehicle', so to speak, to convey an accurate account? To what extent does an author have the right to manipulate or use official / authentic documents such as letters to complement his / her work of fiction? Seeing as the biographer makes a selection of letters he / she usees in the telling of the life story, does this not mean that the biographer inadvertently becomes a creator of a specific storyline? My research is comprised of three elements: an unpublished manuscript of a novel under the working title Vier en veertig, agtien, an edited collection of letters by Etienne Leroux written to famous writers and artists, and lastly a thesis - written in English - on the extent to which letters play a role in establishing a narrative in biography writing

keywords

Kannemeyer, J. C.

Leroux, Etienne

Leroux: 'n lewe, 2008

Miles, Barry

Charles Bukowski, 2005

Biografie

Korrespondensie

inLanguage

English

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60428

numberOfPages

234

fileFormat

PDF