Department of English Studies
College of Human Sciences |
School of Arts |
Department: English Studies |
Senior Lecturer
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Tel: |
012 429 6603
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E-mail: |
fourir@unisa.ac.za
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Fields of academic interests
- Comparative Literature (English/Afrikaans)
- South African Literature
Field of Specialisation
- Comparative Literature
- English Literature
- Afrikaans Literature
- Postcolonialism
- Ecocriticism
Journal articles
- Pretorius, A., Carolin, C., Fourie, R. & Krüger, L. 2017. (In)dependent meaning: Representations of addiction and recovery in selected poems produced in a rehabilitation centre. Literator 38(1).
- Northover, A. & Fourie, R. 2017. Introduction: “Stranger in a strange land”. Journal of Literary Studies / Tydskrif vir Literatuurwetenskap, 33(1): 76-77. Article link.
- Fourie, R. 2016. Identity, gender, and land in Marlene van Niekerk’s Agaat. English Academy Review, 33(1): 38-56. Article link.
- Fourie, R. 2016. Is ekopoësie te maklik bloot belangepoësie? “naggesig” (Dolf van Niekerk) en “quinera” (Susan Smith) in oënskou geneem. Stilet, 28(1): 45-63.
- Vivian, B. & Fourie, R. 2016. Non-curricular postgraduate writing interventions at South African universities. Journal for Language Teaching / Tydskrif vir Taalonderrig, 50(1): 145-165. Article link.
- Fourie, R. & Adendorff, M. 2015. An analysis of the bodily spatial power relations in Agaat by Marlene van Niekerk. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 52(2): 5-20. Article link.
- Fourie, R. 2014. Die verhouding tussen trauma en magiese realisme in Op soek na generaal Mannetjies Mentz (1998) deur Christoffel Coetzee. LitNet Akademies, 11(2): 469-503. Article link.
- Fourie, R. 2009. Die produksiegehalte van Palindroom en Kladboek deur Joan Hambidge as gevallestudies binne die uitgewersbedryf. LitNet Akademies, 6(1): 59-87. Article link.
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
- South African Society for General Literary Studies / Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Algemene Literatuurwetenskap (member of Executive Committee)
- English Academy of Southern Africa (member)
- Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging (member)