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C. Louis Leipoldt’s The Mask: Lost Opportunities and Cautions from the Past
English Academy Review Pub Date : 2019-07-03 , DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2019.1651094
Riaan Oppelt 1
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The Afrikaans poet C. Louis Leipoldt (1880–1947) left behind a writing legacy that is a case study of missed or lost opportunities for critical debate. Work that went unpublished in his lifetime reveals a painstakingly continuous literary project that opposed Afrikaner nationalism and populist fearmongering, even predicting future socio-political hardships and uneven development in South Africa. Many of Leipoldt’s criticisms of Afrikaner Nationalism went largely ignored or misread, presumably because Leipoldt was seen as a senior figure of importance in the Afrikaans literary set. In spite of the great amount of research produced by scholars like Kannemeyer and Gray between 1970 and 2000, revealing Leipoldt as a captivating public figure entangled in prominent moments in South Africa’s cultural development in the early twentieth century, little further interest has been shown. Speculation about Leipoldt’s personal life and his interactions with other established Afrikaans writers tend to receive more attention than the consistency and multi-pronged nature of his literary-cultural critiques of South Africa. These critiques are presented in his poetry, prose, plays, journalism and even his medical, culinary and travel writing. Now, at a time of strong intersections between identity politics, populism and sentiment, and with the urgent discussions around decolonization of universities and the literatures they teach, Leipoldt’s views from a century ago may be more worthwhile than before.

中文翻译:

C. Louis Leipoldt 的面具:过去失去的机会和警告

南非荷兰语诗人 C. Louis Leipoldt(1880-1947 年)留下了一份写作遗产,这是一个关于错过或失去批判性辩论机会的案例研究。他一生未发表的作品揭示了一个艰苦的持续文学项目,该项目反对南非白人民族主义和民粹主义恐慌,甚至预测了南非未来的社会政治困难和不平衡的发展。莱波尔特对南非荷兰语民族主义的许多批评在很大程度上被忽视或误读,大概是因为莱波尔特被视为南非荷兰语文学界的一位重要人物。尽管 Kannemeyer 和 Gray 等学者在 1970 年至 2000 年间进行了大量研究,揭示莱波尔特是一位迷人的公众人物,他纠缠在 20 世纪初南非文化发展的重要时刻,几乎没有表现出进一步的兴趣。关于莱波尔特个人生活以及他与其他南非荷兰语作家的互动的猜测往往比他对南非文学文化批评的一致性和多管齐下的性质更受关注。这些批评体现在他的诗歌、散文、戏剧、新闻甚至他的医学、烹饪和旅行写作中。现在,在身份政治、民粹主义和情感强烈交汇的时代,以及围绕大学及其教授的文学的非殖民化的紧迫讨论,莱波尔特一个世纪前的观点可能比以前更有价值。关于莱波尔特个人生活以及他与其他南非荷兰语作家的互动的猜测往往比他对南非文学文化批评的一致性和多管齐下的性质更受关注。这些批评体现在他的诗歌、散文、戏剧、新闻甚至他的医学、烹饪和旅行写作中。现在,在身份政治、民粹主义和情绪之间强烈交汇的时代,以及围绕大学及其教授的文学的非殖民化的紧迫讨论,莱波尔特一个世纪前的观点可能比以前更有价值。关于莱波尔特个人生活以及他与其他南非荷兰语作家的互动的猜测往往比他对南非文学文化批评的一致性和多管齐下的性质更受关注。这些批评体现在他的诗歌、散文、戏剧、新闻甚至他的医学、烹饪和旅行写作中。现在,在身份政治、民粹主义和情绪之间强烈交汇的时代,以及围绕大学及其教授的文学的非殖民化的紧迫讨论,莱波尔特一个世纪前的观点可能比以前更有价值。
更新日期:2019-07-03
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