Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature
College of Human Sciences |
School of Arts |
Department: Afrikaans and Theory of Literature |
Lecturer
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Tel: |
012 429 6065
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E-mail: |
jegellr@unisa.ac.za
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Qualifications
- BA Hons (UWC) Cum Laude
- MA (UWC) Cum Laude
- Proposed PhD Topic:- “Post-colonial Narrative Voices: The Subaltern Speaks”
Currently teaching
- THL1501 Introduction to Theory of Literature
- THL3701 Advanced Narrative Theory
- THL3703 Advanced Theory of Poetry
Fields of academic interests
- Life-writing (auto/biography)
- The Novel
- Historical Revisionist Fiction
- Post-memory
- Post-colonial Critical Theory
- Cultural Identity and Reimagination
Paper presentations
- 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).
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
Projects
- The GetOn Community Outreach Project
Other
Publications
Own
- FURY (A Novel)
- Love’s Sacred Name (A poetry anthology)
- Living with Dementia: My mother’s story (A memoir)
- Proposed:- “Give a Little Love: The Zayn Adam Story” (A biography)
Editorial
- Ed. and Publisher. “Man About Town” (Coloured Identity under Apartheid: A personal narrative) by Kenneth Alexander
- Ed. and Publisher. “Lessons from Lavender Hill High” (Civil Society’s impact on Township transformation) by June Orsmond.
- Ed. and Publisher. “Disrupting Denial: Analysing Narratives of Visible/Invisible Violence and Trauma” by Multiple Authors and Principal Ed. Dr Sarah Malotane
- Ed. and Publisher. “A Journey of Hope through Change (The story of Cape Evangelical Bible Institute becoming Cornerstone Institute)” by Margie Gustaffson
- Ed. and Publisher. “Little Flower School: A Legacy built on Stone” by the late Elizabeth Georgina Firmstone
- Ed. and Publisher. “Waar is ons nou? Die ondervindings van Nederlandse Immigrante in Suid Afrika” by Annie Du Plessis-Broere
- Ed. and Publisher. “Poetically Ghetto” (Township Poetry) by Nthepa Moitsheki
- Ed. and Publisher. “More than this” (An anthology of contemporary poetry) by Ruqshaana Kamish
- Ed. and Publisher. “Voice in the Wilderness” (An anthology by Mitchell’s Plain poet, Mario Faulmann).
- Ed. and Publisher. Pale Grey and Dark Skies (Dystopian Novels) by Barry Connors
- Ed. and Publisher. “On Solid Ground” (A biography on the assassination of Anton Lubowski) by widow, Gabrielle Lubowski.
- Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. “WritingThreeSixty Journal of Academic and Creative Texts” (Volumes 3-6), UWC.