Chapter Dimitri Tsafendas Meets Dante, Friend and Witness of Our Time
Chariklia Martalas's “Eating John Vorster" brings to light the assassination of Hendrik Verwoerd, “the architect of Apartheid,” by Dimitri Tsafendas. As an act of social responsibility, the author presents the intergenerational trauma of Apartheid to a transnational community of readers. This articl...
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| description | Chariklia Martalas's “Eating John Vorster" brings to light the assassination of Hendrik Verwoerd, “the architect of Apartheid,” by Dimitri Tsafendas. As an act of social responsibility, the author presents the intergenerational trauma of Apartheid to a transnational community of readers. This article, drawing on an interview with Martalas, argues that her reading of Dante’s Inferno rewrites a traumatic South African memory as well as transforms the reader into a responsible witness and messenger. Martalas establishes an ideal friendship with Dante and, while powerfully reactivating and rewriting his vivid imagery, unveils a contemporary tragedy. Her creative text addresses the reader’s consciousness and questions the interconnection among language, values, and actions. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-826682022-06-02T04:15:03Z Chapter Dimitri Tsafendas Meets Dante, Friend and Witness of Our Time Di Florio, Martina Apartheid messenger reader responsibility trauma Chariklia Martalas's “Eating John Vorster" brings to light the assassination of Hendrik Verwoerd, “the architect of Apartheid,” by Dimitri Tsafendas. As an act of social responsibility, the author presents the intergenerational trauma of Apartheid to a transnational community of readers. This article, drawing on an interview with Martalas, argues that her reading of Dante’s Inferno rewrites a traumatic South African memory as well as transforms the reader into a responsible witness and messenger. Martalas establishes an ideal friendship with Dante and, while powerfully reactivating and rewriting his vivid imagery, unveils a contemporary tragedy. Her creative text addresses the reader’s consciousness and questions the interconnection among language, values, and actions. 2022-06-02T04:15:02Z 2022-06-02T04:15:02Z 2022-06-01T12:18:47Z 2021 chapter ONIX_20220601_9788855184588_500 2704-5919 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56315 9788855184588 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/82668 eng Studi e saggi open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/56315/1/26057.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-458-8.11 10.36253/978-88-5518-458-8.11 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9788855184588 9 Florence open access |
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