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Editorial Phil van Schalkwyk Literator | Vol 47, No 1 | a2362 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/lit.v47i1.2362 | © 2026 Phil van Schalkwyk | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0 Submitted: 23 September 2026 | Published: 30 October 2026 About the author(s) Phil van Schalkwyk, School of Languages, Faculty of Humanities, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Full Text: HTML   | EPUB   | XML   | PDF (439KB) Keywords No related keywords in the metadata.
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The end of another year of scholarly publishing invites us to look back but also to ask what kind of moment we are looking back from. A few years ago, such reflection was almost inevitably shaped by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. While we were living through it, it was difficult to imagine its end.
From deep reading to linguistic vitality
Editorial Phil van Schalkwyk Literator | Vol 46, No 1 | a2212 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/lit.v46i1.2212 | © 2025 Phil van Schalkwyk | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0 Submitted: 02 September 2025 | Published: 17 October 2025 About the author(s) Phil van Schalkwyk, School of Languages, Faculty of Humanities, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Full Text: HTML   | EPUB   | XML   | PDF (445KB) Keywords deep reading; linguistic; Literator; literary;...
From deep reading to linguistic vitality
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From deep reading to linguistic vitality
In recent contributions to Literator, the literary articles bring to the fore questions of imagination, representation and the shaping of social reality. One strand explores the environment and the nonhuman, where rain, water, and other natural forces are not passive backdrops but agents of change and meaning (see Hooper & Rawlins 2025). Another strand consists of the mapping of space and the body in contexts of racial and gendered exclusion (see Mavengano 2025).
Reshaping narratives, revitalising languages
Editorial Phil van Schalkwyk Literator | Vol 45, No 1 | a2127 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/lit.v45i1.2127 | © 2024 Phil van Schalkwyk | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0 Submitted: 13 September 2024 | Published: 31 October 2024 About the author(s) Phil van Schalkwyk, School of Languages, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Full Text: HTML   | EPUB   | XML   | PDF (423KB) Keywords vitality of the fields of literature; linguistics; contemporary...
Reshaping narratives, revitalising languages
The rich crop of article contributions in 2024 showcases the vitality of the fields of literature and linguistics in responding to contemporary concerns and longstanding questions. Several of the literary contributions this year aim to challenge established readings and colonial vestiges through employing alternative lenses.
Digital Humanities in precarious times
In a modern and fast-evolving technological world, precarity has become more notable. Digital transformation has ushered in an era of ‘datafication’, profoundly impacting societies and individuals in such a way that there are emerging complexities and potential vulnerabilities in our interactions with technology. Thus, it is crucial that the Humanities subjects focus on human beings, their culture and values.
Places called home
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Places called home
Editorial Phil van Schalkwyk Literator | Vol 44, No 1 | a2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/lit.v44i1.2025 | © 2023 Phil van Schalkwyk | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0 Submitted: 28 September 2023 | Published: 30 November 2023 About the author(s) Phil van Schalkwyk, School of Languages, Faculty of Humanities, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Full Text: HTML   | EPUB   | XML   | PDF (459KB) Keywords places; home; editorial; diverse; literature;...
Places called home
The articles published in Literator in 2023 are, like last year’s, quite diverse as far as subdisciplines and research topics are concerned. However, when one casts an eye over all the contributions, both in literature and linguistics, certain recurring strands are discernible, which to my mind coalesce in the notion of home. Rosemary George (1999), in her book The Politics of Home, poses the pertinent question: ‘What then, is home?’.
Die verwantskap tussen khôra en die mistiek in M.M. Walters se gedig ‘Die groot stilte’
Abstract The relationship between khôra and mysticism in M.M Walter’s poem ‘Die groot stilte’. In view of M.M. Walters’ recent death (28 Julie 2020), it is timeous to pay homage to him by focusing on a lesser-known aspect of his poetry, namely mysticism. This article aims to demonstrate the relationship between the mysterious and enigmatic Platonic concept khôra and mysticism, and to subsequently indicate how this is expressed in the poem ‘Die groot stilte’ (in the volume Sprekende van God).
Die verwantskap tussen khôra en die mistiek in M.M. Walters se gedig ‘Die groot stilte’
Literator publishes research articles and essays on linguistics and literature in general, but focuses in particular on the (comparative) study of South African languages and literatures and other cultural phenomena across language, media and cultural boundaries (examples of topics would be: different manifestations of Post-Modernism, the interaction between visual arts and literature, the representation of the South African War in literature, language attitudes and language policy).
Die verwantskap tussen khôra en die mistiek in M.M. Walters se gedig ‘Die groot stilte’
Abstrak The relationship between khôra and mysticism in M.M Walter’s poem ‘Die groot stilte’. In view of M.M. Walters’ recent death (28 Julie 2020), it is timeous to pay homage to him by focusing on a lesser-known aspect of his poetry, namely mysticism. This article aims to demonstrate the relationship between the mysterious and enigmatic Platonic concept khôra and mysticism, and to subsequently indicate how this is expressed in the poem ‘Die groot stilte’ (in the volume Sprekende van God).
Continuity and new directions
Editorial Continuity and new directions Phil van Schalkwyk Literator | Vol 43, No 1 | a1960 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/lit.v43i1.1960 | © 2022 Phil van Schalkwyk | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0 Submitted: 15 August 2022 | Published: 09 December 2022 About the author(s) Phil van Schalkwyk, School of Languages, Faculty of Humanities, North-West University, Pothefstroom, South Africa Full Text: HTML   | EPUB   | XML   | PDF (421KB) Abstract No abstract availalble.
Continuity and new directions
The research articles published in Literator in 2022 reflect not only the established focus and scope of this journal but also new directions that have emerged in the past few years. There is an increase in linguistics contributions. In this regard Literator has become a space of lively scholarly engagement on South African languages, spanning a range of topics from language politics to the challenges of the classroom.
Continuity and new directions
Editorial Continuity and new directions Phil van Schalkwyk Literator | Vol 43, No 1 | a1960by | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/lit.v43i1.1960 | © 2022 Phil van Schalkwyk | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0 Submitted: 15 August 2022 | Published: 09 December 2022 About the author(s) Phil van Schalkwyk, School of Languages, Faculty of Humanities, North-West University, Pothefstroom, South Africa Full Text: HTML   | EPUB   | XML   | PDF (421KB) Abstract No abstract availalble.
Continuity and new directions
Literator publishes research articles and essays on linguistics and literature in general, but focuses in particular on the (comparative) study of South African languages and literatures and other cultural phenomena across language, media and cultural boundaries (examples of topics would be: different manifestations of Post-Modernism, the interaction between visual arts and literature, the representation of the South African War in literature, language attitudes and language policy).
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