Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature

Decolonising education: Lessons from the Afrikaans language

Researchers at TMALI and Unisa discussed at the Breaking Down Borders Africa Youth Summit how African languages can be formalised and integrated in new knowledge production. Read more.

Decolonising education: Lessons from the Afrikaans language

Researchers at TMALI and Unisa discussed at the Breaking Down Borders Africa Youth Summit how African languages can be formalised and integrated in new knowledge production. Read more.

Researching shamanism and altered states of consciousness in literature

“The function of mind-altering drugs is to facilitate a momentary escape from mundane reality, to act as a gateway to spiritually inspired revelations, to access suppressed emotions or to help critique the social order”, said Professor Alan Northover of the College of Human Sciences, Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature, at his recent inauguration. Read more.

Researching shamanism and altered states of consciousness in literature

Unisa author scoops two creative awards

Dr Gerda Taljaard-Gilson from the Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature was recently awarded the prestigious ATKV Prose Prize and the kykNET-Rapport Fiction Prize for her novel Vier susters. Read more.

Unisa author scoops two creative awards

Afrikaans

Die Departement Afrikaans en Nederlands was een van die eerste Afrikaanse departemente in die land. Die destydse hoof van die departement was prof HJJM van der Merwe, 'n bekende taalkundige.

In die tagtigerjare is die departement se naam verander na die Departement Afrikaans. Hierdie departement het in 2002 met die Departement Algemene Literatuurwetenskap saamgesmelt, waardeur die Departement Afrikaans en Algemene Literatuurwetenskap tot stand gekom het. Tans het die departement ongeveer 15 000 Afrikaanse studente. Die huidige hoof van die departement is prof. EO Saal. Die hoof van Afrikaans Taalkunde is dr. TR Carney en dr. E Lemmer is die hoof van Afrikaans Letterkunde.

Theory of Literature

The modules in Theory of Literature have been designed to provide an overview of current issues and debates in literary studies and to develop the critical skills for students to engage in literary theoretical study and communication. The modules represent a detailed study of each of the three literary genres, and include a demonstration and the application of reading strategies appropriate to poetic, dramatic and narrative texts. The section head for Theory of Literature is prof RA Northover.

Contact us

Location
Room 10-90
Winnie Madikizela Mandela Building
University of South Africa
Muckleneuk
Pretoria

Postal address
Chairperson of Department
Afrikaans and Theory of Literature
UNISA
0003

E-mail the department
Chairperson of Department: saaleo@unisa.ac.za
Secretary of the department: loftiz@unisa.ac.za

Telephone (secretary of the department)
National: 012 429 6308
International: +27 12 429 6308

Last modified: 2023/08/07