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Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature

Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature

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Mr LRG Jegels

Lecturer | College of Human Sciences
School of Arts | Department: Afrikaans and Theory of Literature

Tel: 012 429 6065

  • BA Hons (UWC) Cum Laude
  • MA (UWC) Cum Laude
  • PhD Scholar, UCT (“Race, Shame, Identity and Belonging in the fictional work of Zoe Wicomb”-selected novels).

  • THL1501 Introduction to Theory of Literature
  • THL3703 Advanced Theory of Poetry

  • Life-writing (auto/biography)
  • The Novel
  • Historical Revisionist Fiction
  • Post-memory
  • Post-colonial Critical Theory
  • Cultural Identity and Reimagination
  • AI and the Academy

  • Love’s Sacred Name (poetry anthology) 2012.
  • FURY (novel) 2015.
  • Living with Dementia: My mother’s story (memoir) 2018.
  • Give a Little Love: The Zayn Adam Story (biography) 2023.
  • Decoding Reality: Consciousness, Information and the Fabric of the Universe (non-fiction metaphysics) (2025).
  • 500 Essential phrases for mastering real-world English (non-fiction teaching aid) (2025).
  • Spartacus: Now we are Free (historical revisionist novel) 2025.

  • Reflections on writing biography (Taylor Francis, Routledge) 2022.
  • Memory as Art: Nabokov's Speak, Memory and the Constructive Work of Cultural Remembrance (pending journal acceptance, 2025).
  • Beyond the Ivory Tower: Scholarly Disruption in the Age of AI (pending journal acceptance, 2025).
  • Ghost in the Machine: Examining the Philosophical Implications of Recursive Algorithms in Artificial Intelligence Systems (Cornell University, 2025).

  • Readings from “Living with Dementia: My Mother’s Story” (Centre for the Book: UWC and University of Lancaster Creative Writing Conference, March 2017).
  • Creative Writing and Academic Writing as interdependent mechanisms of writing (UWC International Workshop, March 2017).
  • Memory as Construction: Unmasking the Biographic Self in Nabokov’s “Speak Memory” (National Post-Graduate Conference UWC, May 2018).
  • Creative Writing Workshop: Joseph Campbell’s Hero of a 1000 Faces as Structural Coherence (Cornerstone Institute,  Winter School, June 2018).
  • Deconstruction Kaczinsky’s Industrial Revolution (Centre For Humanity, UWC, International Winter School, June 2019).
  • Addressing Hate and Misrepresentation: Subaltern Voices in literature (INHS Conference, Cape Town, September 2024).
  • The Algorithmic Imaginary (LASA Conference, Johannesburg, May 2025).

  • Editor at NewAdventurePublishing.com
  • Member of the WGSA (Writer’s Guild South Africa)
  • Member of LASA (Literature Association of South Africa).
  • ORCID ID number: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5867-9763

  • The GetOn Community Outreach Project

Publications

Editorial

  • Ed. And Publisher. “Echoes of Freedom” (The story of  Imam Hassan Solomon) by Faseeg Manie (2025)
  • Ed. and Publisher. “Lessons from Lavender Hill High” (Civil Society’s impact on Township transformation) by June Orsmond (2021).
  • Ed. and Publisher. “Man About Town” (Coloured Identity under Apartheid: A personal narrative) by Kenneth Alexander (2019).
  • Ed. And Publisher. “Sport Psychology for Children” by Dr Denise Bouah (2019).
  • Ed. and Publisher. “Disrupting Denial: Analysing Narratives of Visible/Invisible Violence and Trauma” by Multiple Authors and Principal Ed. Dr Sarah Malotane (2019).
  • Ed. and Publisher. “A Journey of Hope through Change (The story of Cape Evangelical Bible Institute becoming Cornerstone Institute)” by Margie Gustaffson (2018).
  • Ed. and Publisher. “Little Flower School: A Legacy built on Stone” by the late Elizabeth Georgina Firmstone (2018).
  • Ed. and Publisher. “Waar is ons nou? Die ondervindings van Nederlandse Immigrante in Suid Afrika” by Annie Du Plessis-Broere (2013).
  • Ed. and Publisher. “Poetically Ghetto” (Township Poetry) by Nthepa Moitsheki (2012)
  • Ed. and Publisher. “More than this” (An anthology of contemporary poetry) by Ruqshaana Kamish (2012).
  • Ed. And Publisher. Strategy is EASI by Piere Fabe (2012).
  • Ed. and Publisher. “Voice in the Wilderness” (An anthology) by Mitchell’s Plain poet, Mario Faulmann (2011).
  • Ed. and Publisher. Pale Grey and Dark Skies (Dystopian Novels) by Barry Connors (2012)
  • Ed. and Publisher. “On Solid Ground” (A biography on the assassination of Anton Lubowski) by widow, Gabrielle Lubowski. (2010)
  • Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. “WritingThreeSixty Journal of Academic and Creative Texts” (Volumes 3-6), UWC. (2017-2019).