Abstract
M.A. (Afrikaans)
In comparing these two novels the perceptual, psychological
and ideological facets of focalization are discussed.
Perceptual focalization comprises two main aspects namely
the focalizer's spacial orientation as regards himself and
the focalized object and secondly the focalizer's position
regarding the past, present and future in the text. The
psychological facet of focalization comprises the cognitive
background and development of the narrator-focalizer as
well as his emotional orientation towards the focalized.
The life world and value system of the focalizer determines
the ideological perspective against which the characters
and events in the novel are evaluated...