03347oam 2200601I 450 991049596920332120230421041139.00-520-91251-90-585-22423-410.1525/9780520912519(CKB)111054828789172(SSID)ssj0000184762(PQKBManifestationID)12020490(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000184762(PQKBWorkID)10205695(PQKB)10258133(DE-B1597)649251(DE-B1597)9780520912519(EXLCZ)9911105482878917220160829d1993 uy 0engurbu|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJ. M. Coetzee South Africa and the politics of writing /David AttwellBerkeley :University of California Press,1993.1 online resource (ix, 147 pages)Perspectives on Southern Africa ;48Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-520-07812-8 0-520-07810-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Contexts: Literary, Historical, Intellectual -- 2. "The labyrinth of my history": Dusklands and In the Heart of the Country -- 3. Reading the Signs of History: Waiting for the Barbarians -- 4. Writing in "the cauldron of history": Life and Times of Michael K and Foe -- 5. Conclusion: Age of Iron -- Notes -- Works Cited -- IndexDavid 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.Perspectives on Southern Africa ;48.Politics and literatureSouth AfricaHistory20th centuryEnglish LiteratureHILCCEnglishHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCSouth AfricaIn literatureSouth AfricaHistory1961-Politics and literatureHistoryEnglish LiteratureEnglishLanguages & Literatures823Attwell David628186PQKBBOOK9910495969203321J. M. Coetzee2866710UNINA