Genocidal Action and Framing in Vera's The Stone Virgins

IF 0.2 4区文学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

Journal of Literary Studies Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI:10.1080/02564718.2021.1923706

Josephine Muganiwa

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Abstract

Summary The article is a literary analysis of Yvonne Vera's The Stone Virgins tracing the effects of genocide on society as represented in the novel. Existing criticism of the novel either focuses on the poetry and lyricism of the novel or the terror and violence of the war. This article draws on genocide theories to unpack the stages of genocide and its aftermath as represented in the novel. It argues that without understanding the dynamics that led to the violence in Matabeleland, there is likely to be a repeat as people are unaware of what to avoid.

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维拉的《石头处女》中的种族灭绝行为和框架

本文是对伊冯娜·维拉的小说《石头处女》的文学分析，追踪小说中所表现的种族灭绝对社会的影响。现有的批评要么集中在小说的诗歌和抒情，要么集中在战争的恐怖和暴力。本文利用种族灭绝理论来揭示小说中所表现的种族灭绝的各个阶段及其后果。它认为，如果不了解导致马塔贝莱兰暴力的动力，很可能会重演，因为人们不知道该避免什么。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Literary Studies publishes and globally disseminates original and cutting-edge research informed by Literary and Cultural Theory. The Journal is an independent quarterly publication owned and published by the South African Literary Society in partnership with Unisa Press and Taylor & Francis. It is housed and produced in the division Theory of Literature at the University of South Africa and is accredited and subsidised by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training. The aim of the journal is to publish articles and full-length review essays informed by Literary Theory in the General Literary Theory subject area and mostly covering Formalism, New Criticism, Semiotics, Structuralism, Marxism, Poststructuralism, Psychoanalysis, Gender studies, New Historicism, Ecocriticism, Animal Studies, Reception Theory, Comparative Literature, Narrative Theory, Drama Theory, Poetry Theory, and Biography and Autobiography.