(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12) Coetzee, Elzanne; Visagie, Andries Gerhardus; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept of Afrikaans and Dutch.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this dissertation, entitled “Wildheid, mens-dier-figure en ander grensbewoners in Willem
Anker se Buys (2014): Die affektiewe uitwerking van die nomadiese subjek op die leser”, the focus, on the one hand, is mainly on the nomadic nature and so-called wildness of the main character, Coenraad de Buys, as well as his fellow border dwellers – namely those in the novel who can be classified as the Other, including the Buys-dogs. On the other hand, the effect that both this nomadic character and the novel text as a whole can have on the reader is also explored. In the end, a conclusion is reached regarding the function of a novel such as Buys that relies to a greater extent on the affective response of the reader.