Metapoësie as digterlike leesstrategie
Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: Summary Linguistic strategies in a poem intrigue competent readers as well as poets. In this article the analysis of the poem “Leopold” by the Afrikaans poet T.T. Cloete investigates the possibility of metapoetics. The poem appears in a volume entitled Idiolek (1986: 63). From this title it can be inferred that attention will be focused on distinctive individual linguistic expression. In Cloete's poem it becomes evident that the poetic style of the Dutch poet J.H. Leopold (1865–1925) is under scrutiny. It will become evident that the celebration of poetry as a maximum exploitation of language can be identified as a distinctive poetic style. The aim of the article is to draw attention to the functioning of poetic metalinguistics as an interpretive and creative process of reading.
Source: Journal of Literary Studies
Author: Rensia Robinson
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $388
OpenAlex ID: W2000093737