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Article: The technique of flashback in selected Northern Sotho literary texts.
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- Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies
- Article date:
- August 1, 2005
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Abstract
The technique of flashback in selected Northern Sotho literary texts
This article aims at investigating and explaining the application of the technique of flashback in selected Northern Sotho literary texts. Five kinds of flashback are distinguished, namely external retrospection, internal retrospection, mixed retrospection, flashback to complicate events and flashback of similar events. These kinds of flashback have certain and specific functions, such as reminding readers of past events, foregrounding themes of the text, and so on. This technique is evident in a text when ordinary, everyday events turn out to be the key to surprising secrets ...