TY  - GEN
T1  - J.M. Coetzee : South Africa and the politics of writing
T2  - Perspectives on Southern Africa ;
A1  - Attwell, David
LA  - English
PP  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 1993
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm44959076
AB  - 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
OP  - 147
CN  - PR9369.3.C58 Z635 1993eb
SN  - 9780520912519
SN  - 0520912519
SN  - 0585224234
SN  - 9780585224237
SN  - 0520078101
SN  - 9780520078109
SN  - 0520078128
SN  - 9780520078123
SN  - 0864862474
SN  - 9780864862471
KW  - Coetzee, J. M., : 1940- : Criticism and interpretation.
KW  - Coetzee, J. M., : 1940-
KW  - Coetzee, J. M. : 1940-
KW  - Coetzee, John Maxwell, : (1940- ...) : Critique et interprétation.
KW  - Coetzee, John M.
KW  - Politics and literature : South Africa : History : 20th century.
KW  - South Africa : In literature.
KW  - South Africa : History : 1961-1994.
KW  - Politique et littérature : Afrique du Sud : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Afrique du Sud : Histoire : 1961-1994.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
KW  - Literature
KW  - Politics and literature
KW  - South Africa
KW  - Roman
KW  - Politiek bewustzijn.
KW  - Politics and literature : South Africa : History : 20th century
KW  - South Africa : History : 1961-
KW  - South Africa : In literature
KW  - Politique et littérature : Afrique du Sud : 20e siècle.
KW  - Afrique du Sud : Dans la littérature.
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - English fiction
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - History
ER  -