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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... words imitating the patterns of other words , and words setting up their own obsessive pattern " ( also called " the rhythm of doubt " ; 95 , 163 ) .1 But having made these observations , Coetzee concludes his study with the following ...
... words imitating the patterns of other words , and words setting up their own obsessive pattern " ( also called " the rhythm of doubt " ; 95 , 163 ) .1 But having made these observations , Coetzee concludes his study with the following ...
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... words yields the mania of the catalogue ” ( 26 ) . Language is a social medium and a medium of exchange ; desire is not - it is possession . This recogni- tion underlies Magda's subsequent claim that she can represent sexual- ity ...
... words yields the mania of the catalogue ” ( 26 ) . Language is a social medium and a medium of exchange ; desire is not - it is possession . This recogni- tion underlies Magda's subsequent claim that she can represent sexual- ity ...
Pagina 98
... words . The words were eaten up , the gap remained . His was always a story with a hole in it : a wrong story , always wrong " ( 150–51 ) . Before solid - seeming explanations , including this apparently crucial one about his vocation ...
... words . The words were eaten up , the gap remained . His was always a story with a hole in it : a wrong story , always wrong " ( 150–51 ) . Before solid - seeming explanations , including this apparently crucial one about his vocation ...
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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