J.M. Coetzee

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"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."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Politics and literature,  In literature,  Criticism and interpretation,  History,  Literature,  Critique et interprétation,  Politique et littérature,  Dans la littérature,  Roman,  Politiek bewustzijn,  Authors, south african,  South africa, politics and government,  Politics in literature,  Coetzee, j. m., 1940-,  South africa, history,  Histoire,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Criticism and interpretationcoetzee, j. m , 1940-,  Politics and literature--history,  Politics and literature--south africa--history--20th century,  Pr9369.3.c58 z635 1993,  823

People: J. M. Coetzee (1940-)

Places: South Africa

Times: 1961-,  20th century