Abstract
The politics of the human-dog relationship in Op ’n dag, ’n hond by John Miles. This article investigates the way in which the human-dog relationship is presented in the novel Op ’n dag, ’n hond by John Miles. The premise of this article is that the novel can be read within the theoretical framework of Posthumanism, in which the embodied communalities of humans and animals (dogs) are emphasised. Despite the differences between the human and nonhuman animal, it is possible to constitute relationality, based on their shared physical mortality. The investigation will focus on the visual paradigm of the novel: the reciprocal view between dog and human, human and dog, which contradicts anthropocentricism and establishes an intersubjective relationship. The dog as guide embodies a moral agent that causes the teacher to look downward, into the underworld, as well as backward to the past. This, in turn, foregrounds the issues of loyalty and betrayal, and the balance between good and evil in a human life.
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Die titel sowel as die voorblad van John Miles se jongste roman, Op ’n dag, ’n hond (2016), stel die hond as karakter onomwonde op die voorgrond
Ingebed in die titel is voorts ook die eksplisiete verwysing na tyd: op ’n dag, ’n frase wat dui ‘op ’n dag in die toekoms of in die verlede wat nie te bepaal is nie’ (HAT 2005)
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Read online: Scan this QR code with your smart phone or mobile device to read online. The politics of the human-dog relationship in Op ’n dag, ’n hond by John Miles. This article investigates the way in which the human-dog relationship is presented in the novel Op ’n dag, ’n hond by John Miles. Die titel sowel as die voorblad van John Miles se jongste roman, Op ’n dag, ’n hond (2016), stel die hond as karakter onomwonde op die voorgrond. Op hierdie wyse word die aandag op die temporele verhoudings in die roman gevestig: spesifieke tydsaanduidings, die sikliese gang van lewe, maar ook die spanning tussen die hede en die verlede. Op ’n dag, ’n hond is verhaalmatig met die verband tussen die mens, die hond en die dood gemoeid, asook die gewig van die verlede. Die roman spreek ook van ’n verhoogde sin van verbondenheid tussen die self (die mens) en die Ander (die hond). 2.Vergelyk onder andere die onlangse artikels van Barendse (2016), Crous (2015; 2016)
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