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J.M. Coetzee
David Attwell
其他書名
South Africa and the Politics of Writing
出版
University of California Press
, 1993-06-11
主題
History / General
History / Africa / General
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / African
Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory
Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Politics
Political Science / General
Political Science / World / African
ISBN
0520078128
9780520078123
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=v60wDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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.