J.M. Coetzee: South Africa and the Politics of WritingUniversity of California Press, 11 jun 1993 - 147 pagina's David Attwell defends the literary and political integrity of South African novelist J.M. Coetzee by arguing that Coetzee has absorbed the textual turn of postmodern culture while still addressing the ethical tensions of the South African crisis. As a form of "situational metafiction," Coetzee's writing reconstructs and critiques 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, it takes seriously the condition of the society in which it is produced. Attwell begins by describing the intellectual and political contexts surrounding Coetzee's fiction and then provides a developmental analysis of his six novels, drawing on Coetzee's other writings in stylistics, literary criticism, translation, political journalism and popular culture. Elegantly written, Attwell's analysis deals with both Coetzee's subversion of the dominant culture around him and his ability to see the complexities of giving voice to the anguish of South Africa. |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Age of Iron allegory apartheid argues assertion attempt authority Barbarians Beckett Black Consciousness Bouvard et Pécuchet calls Cape Town Coetzee's novels Colin Bundy context critical critique Cruso culture daughter Dawn Dawn's death debate developed Dovey Dovey's Dusklands emerges emphasis Empire essay ethical explore fact father final Foe's Friday Friday's Gordimer Hendrik imperialism intellectual involves J. M. Coetzee Jacobus Coetzee Joll Kafka language later fiction liberal linguistic literary literature Magda Magistrate Magistrate's means ment metafiction Michael Michael K Michael Vaughan mother 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 simply situation social South Africa speak story structure struggle Susan teleology textuality theory tion tradition Trans Vietnam Waiting white South African words writing