History of southern sotho literature as system, 1930-1960

Abstract

Distinct from the traditional text analysis whereby little or no attention is paid to factors controlling the emergence and being of a text and their possible input, and studying certain recognised authors and recognised works, the systemic approach conceived by Youri Tynjanov, devised by ltamar Even-Zohar and simplified by Jose Lambert, seeks to recognise the main structures of literary systems and structures in their evolution by taking into cognizance literary phenomena and their general relationships with other literary and artistic systems. This hypothesis replaces the usual collection and analysis of data on the basis of their material substance with a functional approach that is based on the analysis of relations. Literary texts are viewed against the total background of the author and the total circumstances which lead to and controlled their production