J.M. Coetzee: South Africa and the Politics of WritingUniversity of California Press, 1993 - 147 pagina's David Attwell defends the literary and political integrity of the South African novelist J.M. Coetzee, arguing that he has absorbed the textual turn of postmodern culture while still addressing his nation's ethical crisis. As a form of "situational metafiction," Coetzee's novels are shown to reconstruct and critique some of the key discourses in the history of colonialism and apartheid from the eighteenth century to the present. While self-conscious about fiction-making, Coetzee's work takes seriously the condition of the society in which it is produced. Attwell begins by describing the intellectual and political contexts of Coetzee's fiction. He proceeds with a developmental analysis of the corpus of six novels, drawing on Coetzee's other writings in stylistics, literary criticism, translation, political journalism, and popular culture. Attwell's elegantly written analysis deals both with Coetzee's subversion of the dominant culture around him and with his ability to grasp the complexities of giving voice to the anguish of South Africa. |
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... live normally and take part in politics . " Then he added , “ It might well be found just , and certainly expedient , to place present VC cadres in all categories , with most of the people in the last " ( Armbruster et al . 416 ) . The ...
... live normally and take part in politics . " Then he added , “ It might well be found just , and certainly expedient , to place present VC cadres in all categories , with most of the people in the last " ( Armbruster et al . 416 ) . The ...
Pagina 72
... live in time like fish in water , like birds in air , like children ? It is the fault of Empire ! Empire has created the time of history . Empire has located its existence not in the smooth recurrent spinning time of the cycle of the ...
... live in time like fish in water , like birds in air , like children ? It is the fault of Empire ! Empire has created the time of history . Empire has located its existence not in the smooth recurrent spinning time of the cycle of the ...
Pagina 81
... live in the world of Empire , in Joll's world . This is , I suggest , the logical end reached by the semiotic disar- rangement effected on the imperial teleology in the first three parts of the novel . Coetzee's concern with the general ...
... live in the world of Empire , in Joll's world . This is , I suggest , the logical end reached by the semiotic disar- rangement effected on the imperial teleology in the first three parts of the novel . Coetzee's concern with the general ...
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Afrikaner Age of Iron allegory apartheid argues assertion attempt authority Barbarians Beckett Black Consciousness Bouvard et Pécuchet calls Cape Town Coetzee's novels context critical critique Cruso culture daughter Dawn Dawn's death debate developed Dovey Dovey's Dusklands emerges emphasis Empire essay ethical fact father final Foe's Friday Friday's Gordimer Guma Hendrik imperialism intellectual Interviews involves J. M. Coetzee Jacobus Coetzee Johannesburg Joll Kafka language liberal linguistic literary literature Magda Magistrate Magistrate's means ment metafiction Michael Michael K Michael Vaughan mother Nadine Gordimer Namaquas narrative narrator nouveau roman Novels of J. M. Pale Fire parody political position postcolonial postmodernism problem question reading realism reflexive relations relationship represents Roxana says Schreiner seems self-consciousness semiotic sense sequence situation social South Africa speak story structure struggle Susan textuality theory tion tradition Trans Vietnam Waiting white South African words writing