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Lesson 4—A Drink in the Passage W B T L E I. Author II. His Works III. Apartheid Background Information
Lesson 4-A Drink in the Passage I. Author Alan Paton(1903-1988) i do not like to mention it But there is a voice i cannot silence Paton Paton, craggy old liberal, hater of and hated by apartheid loved and unloved by the anc famous for Cry, the Beloved Country. W E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 4—A Drink in the Passage W B T L E Alan Paton (1903-1988) “I do not like to mention it But there is a voice I cannot silence.” —Paton Paton, craggy old liberal, hater of and hated by apartheid, loved and unloved by the ANC, famous for Cry, the Beloved Country. I. Author To be continued on the next page
Lesson 4-A Drink in the Passage I. Author Alan Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg South Africa. He started his career by teaching at a school in Ixopo. The dramatic career change to director of a reformatory for black youths at Diepkloof, near Johannesburg had a profound effect on his thinking. The publication of Cry, the Beloved Country(1948)made him one of South Africas best known writers, and by the time he died it had sold over 15 million copies. Following his non-racial ideals he helped to found the south African Liberal party and became its president W E The end of author
Lesson 4—A Drink in the Passage W B T L E Alan Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. He started his career by teaching at a school in Ixopo. The dramatic career change to director of a reformatory for black youths at Diepkloof, near Johannesburg, had a profound effect on his thinking. The publication of Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) made him one of South Africa’s best known writers, and by the time he died, it had sold over 15 million copies. Following his non-racial ideals, he helped to found the South African Liberal Party and became its president. I. Author The end of Author
Lesson 4-A Drink in the Passage II. His Work Cry, the Beloved Country e nI BELovo COUNTRY Perhaps the most famous novel to come out of South Africa, Patons 1948 work brought to the notice of the world the dilemmas of ordinary South Africans living under an oppressive system, one which threatened to destroy their very humanity Alan Paton Informed by Paton's Christian and liberal beliefs, the novel tells of a rural Zulu parsons heart-breaking search for his son who has been drawn into the criminal underworld of the city. Cry, the Beloved Country has sold millions of copies around the world W E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 4—A Drink in the Passage W B T L E II. His Works Cry, the Beloved Country Perhaps the most famous novel to come out of South Africa, Paton’s 1948 work brought to the notice of the world the dilemmas of ordinary South Africans living under an oppressive system, one which threatened to destroy their very humanity. Informed by Paton’s Christian and liberal beliefs, the novel tells of a rural Zulu parson’s heart-breaking search for his son, who has been drawn into the criminal underworld of the city. Cry, the Beloved Country has sold millions of copies around the world. To be continued on the next page
Lesson 4-A Drink in the Passage II. His Work Cry, the Beloved Country , -universal, liberal reforming. Reads like an aloe in the cool morning reads like the taste of soap in your mouth His poetry to my mind, is a truer voice. No breathtaking romantic landscape: nature, particularly plants and sunlight, forms a spiritual cipher. There is a sense of individual tragedy as history catches up with itself. There is passion and tenderness. There is political comment but also a flickering uncertainty absent from the mountainous liberalism of the novels An anonymous comment W E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 4—A Drink in the Passage W B T L E II. His Works “Cry, the Beloved Country, —universal, liberal, reforming. Reads like an aloe in the cool morning, reads like the taste of soap in your mouth. His poetry, to my mind, is a truer voice. No breathtaking, romantic landscape: nature, particularly plants and sunlight, forms a spiritual cipher. There is a sense of individual tragedy as history catches up with itself. There is passion and tenderness. There is political comment, but also a flickering uncertainty absent from the mountainous liberalism of the novels.” —An anonymous comment To be continued on the next page
Lesson 4-A Drink in the Passage II. His Work Cry, the Beloved Country however is also a monument to the future. One of south Africa s leading humanists, Alan Paton, vividly captured his eloquent faith in the essential goodness of people in his epic work -Nelson Mandela former President of south africa W E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 4—A Drink in the Passage W B T L E II. His Works “Cry, the Beloved Country, however, is also a monument to the future. One of South Africa’s leading humanists, Alan Paton, vividly captured his eloquent faith in the essential goodness of people in his epic work.” —Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa To be continued on the next page
Lesson 4-A Drink in the Passage II. His works 1953. Too Late the phalarope 1961. Debbie Go Home 1968. Instrument of Thy Peace 1973. Apartheid and the Archbishop: the life and times of Geoffrey Clayton, Archbishop of Cape Town 1975. Knocking at the door 1980. Towards the Mountain 1981. Ah, but your land is beautiful 1986. Diepkloof: reflections of Diepkloof Reformatory 1988. Journey Continued 1995. Songs of Africa: collected poems W E The end of His works
Lesson 4—A Drink in the Passage W B T L E II. His Works 1953. Too Late the Phalarope 1961. Debbie, Go Home 1968. Instrument of Thy Peace 1973. Apartheid and the Archbishop: the life and times of Geoffrey Clayton, Archbishop of Cape Town 1975. Knocking at the door 1980. Towards the Mountain 1981. Ah, but your land is beautiful 1986. Diepkloof: reflections of Diepkloof Reformatory 1988. Journey Continued 1995. Songs of Africa: collected poems The end of His Works
Lesson 4-A Drink in the Passage III. Apartheid South africa was colonized by the english and Dutch in the 17th century English domination of 4 the dutch descendents( known as Boers or Afrikaners)resulted in the dutch establishing the new colonies of Orange Free State and Transvaal The discovery of diamonds in these lands around 1900 resulted in an English invasion which sparked the Boer War. Following independence from England an uneasy power-sharing between the two groups held sway until the 1940s, when the W E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 4—A Drink in the Passage W B T L E III. Apartheid To be continued on the next page. South Africa was colonized by the English and Dutch in the 17th century. English domination of the Dutch descendents (known as Boers or Afrikaners) resulted in the Dutch establishing the new colonies of Orange Free State and Transvaal. The discovery of diamonds in these lands around 1900 resulted in an English invasion which sparked the Boer War. Following independence from England, an uneasy power-sharing between the two groups held sway until the 1940’s, when the
Lesson 4-A Drink in the Passage III. Apartheid Afrikaner National Party was able to gain a strong ONG WALK TO FREEDOM majority. Strategists in the National Party invented apartheid as a means to cement their control over the economic and social system. Initially aim of the aLIsoN MaNdila apartheid was to maintain white domination while extending racial separation Starting in the 1960s, a plan of"Grand Apartheid"was executed emphasizing territorial separation and police repression W E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 4—A Drink in the Passage W B T L E III. Apartheid To be continued on the next page. Afrikaner National Party was able to gain a strong majority. Strategists in the National Party invented apartheid as a means to cement their control over the economic and social system. Initially, aim of the apartheid was to maintain white domination while extending racial separation. Starting in the 1960s, a plan of “Grand Apartheid” was executed, emphasizing territorial separation and police repression
