Dertigers
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Dertigers was an influential group of Afrikaans poets of the 1930s who modernized Afrikaans literature with more introspective, complex, and stylistically innovative poetry.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afrikaans literary group
ⓘ
group of poets ⓘ literary movement ⓘ |
| activeIn | South African literary scene ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Afrikaans universities
ⓘ
literary journals in Afrikaans ⓘ |
| characteristic |
break with earlier didactic style
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formal experimentation ⓘ introspective tone ⓘ psychological depth ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Afrikaner culture ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| field |
literature
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ |
| focus |
existential questions
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individual experience ⓘ inner life of the poet ⓘ |
| genre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasMember |
A. G. Visser
ⓘ
C. M. van den Heever ⓘ D. J. Opperman ⓘ Elisabeth Eybers ⓘ H. A. Fagan NERFINISHED ⓘ N. P. van Wyk Louw ⓘ Uys Krige ⓘ W. E. G. Louw ⓘ |
| historicalRole | part of the professionalization of Afrikaans literature ⓘ |
| influenced |
Afrikaans literature
ⓘ
later Afrikaans poets ⓘ |
| inspired | Sestigers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex poetic themes
ⓘ
introspective poetry ⓘ modernizing Afrikaans literature ⓘ stylistic innovation ⓘ |
| language | Afrikaans ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
marked transition to modern Afrikaans poetry
ⓘ
raised aesthetic standards in Afrikaans poetry ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
complex metaphors
ⓘ
free verse experimentation ⓘ symbolic imagery ⓘ |
| medium | printed poetry collections ⓘ |
| movement | Afrikaans modernism ⓘ |
| opposedTo | nationalistic didactic poetry of earlier Afrikaans tradition ⓘ |
| precededBy | Tweede Beweging (Second Movement) of Afrikaans poetry ⓘ |
| region | Cape Province ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
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