Abstract
Literator publishes research articles and essays on linguistics and literature in general, but focuses in particular on the (comparative) study of South African languages and literatures and other cultural phenomena across language, media and cultural boundaries (examples of topics would be: different manifestations of Post-Modernism, the interaction between visual arts and literature, the representation of the South African War in literature, language attitudes and language policy).
Highlights
Mud and sweat on a rugby field in mist, and perched on the clothes-heap inside my locker, a crisp clean envelope, its fountain-pen lettering rounded, blue
A collage of poems written in different forms that refer to different stages of human life and express different aspects of romantic love using the symbol of a rose
Distant and beautiful woman, pushing a trolley down an avenue of tins, a child in tow, a shopping list in hand, How much I adore the curve of your waist, the sway of your body, the pause, the turn and reed-quick bending to one side of you
Summary
Mud and sweat on a rugby field in mist, and perched on the clothes-heap inside my locker, a crisp clean envelope, its fountain-pen lettering rounded, blue. A fragrant scent, a trelliswork of tiny red buds and leaves. Edged by their green, the same neat ink. Lots of good luck for the match, it read, and underneath, with curly flourishes, Jenny brackets De Villiers brackets. The new boy, the girl he was with, older than him, outside the hall before the school play, was that his sister, is that who it’s from?. A girl in a blazer, a pale blue skirt, a boater with a ribbon, worn dead level, a turn of the head, a slow-release glance and love’s first explosion of fragrance, green leaves, and red, red roses in the brain
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