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- Title
Postapartheid misdaadfiksie en die "genresnob"-debat: die romans van Deon Meyer as die nuwe betrokke literatuur?
- Authors
van Heerden, Neil
- Abstract
In light of the so-called "genre snob" debate, wherein the artistic merit and status of postapartheid crime fiction have been called into question, this article sets out to highlight some of the ways in which Deon Meyer's crime novels engage with various pressing sociopolitical themes. These thematic concerns include a nuanced representation of the "new" South Africa in Dead Before Dying, a confrontation with past crimes in Dead at Daybreak, a problematisation of the ethical situation and notions of justice in Heart of the Hunter and Devil's Peak, a consideration of burning ecocritical issues in Blood Safari and Fever, and a subtle balancing act between fact and fiction in The Last Hunt and Dark Flood. In so doing, the article shows how Meyer's work has come to stand in for what used to be seen as "political" or "engaged" fiction, thereby rendering redundant any simplistic attempt at categorising his novels as either lowbrow or highbrow.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; MYSTERY fiction; FICTION; SAFARIS; FEVER; ECOCRITICISM; APARTHEID
- Publication
Stilet, 2021, Vol 33, Issue 2, p102
- ISSN
1013-4573
- Publication type
Article