First Movement of Afrikaans poetry

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Afrikaans literature period literary movement poetic movement

The First Movement of Afrikaans poetry was an early 20th-century literary phase in which poets helped establish Afrikaans as a written language and laid the foundations for its modern poetic tradition.

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First Movement of Afrikaans poetry canonical	1

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Target entity: First Movement of Afrikaans poetry
Context triple: [Tweede Beweging (Second Movement) of Afrikaans poetry, follows, First Movement of Afrikaans poetry]

A. Tweede Beweging (Second Movement) of Afrikaans poetry
The Tweede Beweging (Second Movement) of Afrikaans poetry was an early 20th-century literary phase in which Afrikaans poets began developing a more self-conscious, modern poetic tradition that paved the way for later generations like the Dertigers.
B. Afrikaans modernism
Afrikaans modernism was a 20th-century literary and artistic movement in Afrikaans that embraced experimental forms, psychological depth, and a break from traditional nationalist and realist conventions.
C. Negritude
Negritude is a literary and ideological movement developed by Black intellectuals in the 1930s that affirmed Black cultural identity and heritage in opposition to colonialism and racism.
D. A Comparative Grammar of South African Languages
A Comparative Grammar of South African Languages is a foundational 19th-century linguistic study by Wilhelm Bleek that systematically analyzes and compares the structures of various South African languages.
E. Pan South African Language Board
The Pan South African Language Board is a statutory body in South Africa responsible for promoting and protecting the country’s official and indigenous languages, including Zulu.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: First Movement of Afrikaans poetry
Target entity description: The First Movement of Afrikaans poetry was an early 20th-century literary phase in which poets helped establish Afrikaans as a written language and laid the foundations for its modern poetic tradition.

A. Tweede Beweging (Second Movement) of Afrikaans poetry
The Tweede Beweging (Second Movement) of Afrikaans poetry was an early 20th-century literary phase in which Afrikaans poets began developing a more self-conscious, modern poetic tradition that paved the way for later generations like the Dertigers.
B. Afrikaans modernism
Afrikaans modernism was a 20th-century literary and artistic movement in Afrikaans that embraced experimental forms, psychological depth, and a break from traditional nationalist and realist conventions.
C. Negritude
Negritude is a literary and ideological movement developed by Black intellectuals in the 1930s that affirmed Black cultural identity and heritage in opposition to colonialism and racism.
D. A Comparative Grammar of South African Languages
A Comparative Grammar of South African Languages is a foundational 19th-century linguistic study by Wilhelm Bleek that systematically analyzes and compares the structures of various South African languages.
E. Pan South African Language Board
The Pan South African Language Board is a statutory body in South Africa responsible for promoting and protecting the country’s official and indigenous languages, including Zulu.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afrikaans literature period ⓘ literary movement ⓘ poetic movement ⓘ
hasAudience	Afrikaans-speaking readers ⓘ
hasCountry	South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalContext	post-Boer War Afrikaner society ⓘ rise of Afrikaans nationalism ⓘ
hasCulturalMovement	Afrikaans language movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasField	literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ
hasForm	metrical verse ⓘ rhyme-based poetry ⓘ
hasGenre	lyric poetry ⓘ nature poetry ⓘ patriotic poetry ⓘ
hasGoal	creating a national literature in Afrikaans ⓘ legitimizing Afrikaans as a literary language ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	first sustained use of Afrikaans in high literature ⓘ transition from Dutch to Afrikaans in written culture ⓘ
hasLanguage	Afrikaans ⓘ
hasLegacy	established canon of early Afrikaans poets ⓘ inspired later experimental Afrikaans poetry ⓘ
hasLiteraryFunction	codifying Afrikaans poetic diction ⓘ developing Afrikaans verse forms ⓘ
hasMedium	literary magazines ⓘ printed poetry collections ⓘ
hasPeriod	modern era ⓘ
hasRegion	Afrikaans-speaking South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRole	establishing Afrikaans as a written language ⓘ laying foundations of modern Afrikaans poetic tradition ⓘ promoting Afrikaans as a cultural language ⓘ standardizing Afrikaans literary usage ⓘ
hasTheme	Afrikaans language identity ⓘ Afrikaner nationalism ⓘ cultural self-assertion ⓘ religion ⓘ rural life ⓘ
hasType	early Afrikaans literary phase ⓘ
influenced	Second Movement of Afrikaans poetry ⓘ modern Afrikaans poetry ⓘ
influencedBy	Dutch literature NERFINISHED ⓘ European Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ Victorian poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	early 20th century ⓘ
usedWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

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