Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature
Dr N van Heerden
| College of Human Sciences | |
|---|---|
| School of Arts | |
| Department: Afrikaans and Theory of Literature | |
| Senior Lecturer | |
| Tel: | 012 429 6424 |
| E-mail: | vheern@unisa.ac.za |
Qualifications
- BIS Publishing (UP, 2011)
- BA (Hons) Afrikaans (UP, 2012)
- MA (UP, 2017)
- PhD (UP, 2018)
Currently teaching
- AFK2601
- AFK4802
Fields of academic interests
- Genre
- Crime fiction
- Canonization
- Narratology
- Postcolonialism
- Ecocriticism
Field of Specialisation
- Afrikaans literature
- South African crime fiction
Books
- Editor: Ongekunsteld. ‘n Bundel verhale aangebied vir Annette Jordaan. 2015. Pretoria: Hond Publishers.
Journal articles
- Twee dieregestaltes by N.P. van Wyk Louw: Raka en "Die swart luiperd". 2013. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 50(3): 106-120.
- Die spanningsverhaal: ’n Teoretiese beskouing en bespreking van drie voorbeelde in Afrikaans. 2022. Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe, 63(2): 327-345. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2224-7912/2023/v63n2a9.
- Postapartheid misdaadfiksie en die “genre snob”-debat: Die romans van Deon Meyer as die “nuwe” betrokke literatuur. 2022. Stilet: Tydskrif van die Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging, 33(2): 102-123. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-stilet-v33-n2-a12.
- Toekomstaal, saadstories en ekokritiek in Alettie van den Heever se Stof. 2021. LitNet Akademies (Geesteswetenskappe), 18(1): 87-132. Available: https://www.litnet.co.za/toekomstaal-saadstories-en-ekokritiek-in-alettie-van-den-heever-se-stof/.
- Food, Masculinity and Gender-based Violence in Sally Andrew’s Recipes for Love and Murder (2015). 2021. Journal of Literary Studies, 37(3): 34-51. Available: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02564718.2021.1959762?journalCode=rjls20.
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
- Secretary of LASA (Literature Association of South Africa).
- Member of the ALV (Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging) and TLA (Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association).
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Member of the SAVN (Suider-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Neerlandistiek).
Projects
- Involved in the GetOn Skills Development Project.
- Involved in the coordination of the annual QUILTBAG seminar and film festival.
Other
Review articles:
- Merk (Rudie van Rensburg). 2020. Netwerk24, 17 Augustus. Available: https://www.netwerk24.com/Vermaak/Boeke/wilde-rit-deur-donker-psige-van-verkragter-20200816
- Bloedsteen (Irna van Zyl). 2020. Netwerk24, 20 April. Available: https://www.netwerk24.com/Vermaak/Boeke/bloedsteen-bestryk-wye-spektrum-temas-20200419.
- Lagos Noir by Chris Abani (ed.). 2020. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 57(1): 153-155.
- Resensie: Pleks van plaas deur Jerzy Koch. 2020. Versindaba, 16 June. Available: https://versindaba.co.za/2020/06/16/resensie-pleks-van-plaas-jerzy-koch/.
- Die laksman se dogter deur Gerda Taljaard. 2019. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 56(1): 148-150.
- Ys deur Rudie van Rensburg. 2019. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 56(1): 152-154.
- Op die spoor van die verlede. 2019. Literator, 40(1). Available: https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/1624/2979.
- Die ballade van Robbie de Wee en ander verhale deur Deon Meyer. 2017. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 54(1): 257-259.
- Syferfontein, ’n plaastragedie van selfsug en woede aanmekaargesit. 2017. Literator, 38(1). Available: https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/1402/2300.
- Ikarus deur Deon Meyer. 2016. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 53(2): 208-212.
- [VII] deur Gilbert Gibson. 2015. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 52(1): 247-249.
- Dryf (Cecilia Steyn). 2022. Netwerk24, 11 December. Available: https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/kunste/boeke/n-avontuur-vir-die-vakansie-20221211
- Moederland (Madelein Rust). 2022. Netwerk24, 27 November. Available: https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/kunste/boeke/distopiese-roman-vol-spanning-en-hope-aksie-20221127
- Return to the Scene of the Crime: The Returnee Detective and Postcolonial Detective Fiction (Kamil Naicker). 2022. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 59(2): 75-76. Available: https://doi.org/10.17159/tl.v59i2.14257
- Hartedief (Rudie van Rensburg). 2021. Netwerk24, 14 June. Available: https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/kunste/boeke/moordmasjien-was-eens-gekweste-kind-20210613
- Die duiwel maak my hart so seer (François Bloemhof). 2021. Netwerk24, 19 April. Available: https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/kunste/boeke/bloemhof-se-wiedoenit-hou-leser-enduit-aan-die-raai-20210418