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1 day ago · By scrutinizing Coetzee's narrative techniques and thematic concerns, this paper aims to shed light on the ways his fiction interrogates the complexities of socio-political landscapes. Ultimately, the study seeks to demonstrate how Coetzee's literary exploration of power and ethics offers a profound commentary on the human condition and the societal constructs that shape it.
1 day ago · Before Disgrace, Coetzee would display to us again and again dramatic confrontations between the privileged white liberal consciousness, which mirrored the values of the writer himself, and ‘figures of alterity’, for whom the type of reflexive self-consciousness characteristic of the protagonists was blatantly absent, or at least inaccessible from the narrator’s standpoint.
3 days ago · Lauren LeBlanc revisited J.M. Coetze’s Disgrace. Iman Sultan recommended some books about Palestine. Hyperallergic reported on this year’s River to River Festival. Tomoé Hill pondered Jean Follain’s Paris 1935. Electric Literature revealed the cover of Paul Lisicky’s next book.
2 days ago · J. M. Coetzee’s Booker Prize-winning novel Disgrace, set in post-apartheid South Africa, takes us into the disquieting mind of twice-divorced university teacher David Lurie as he loses his job and his honour after engaging in an ill-advised affair with a susceptible student. When he retreats to his daughter’s farm, a brutal attack ...
4 days ago · Notes on Carrol Clarkson's "'Done because we are too menny': Ethics and Identity in J M Coetzee's Disgrace"
1 day ago · David Lurie from “Disgrace” by J.M. Coetzee (South Africa) Era: Late 20th Century, South Africa. Journey: David Lurie, a university professor in post-apartheid South Africa, is disgraced after an affair with a student. He retreats to his daughter Lucy’s farm in the countryside, seeking refuge and redemption.
3 days ago · How amazing it is when life suddenly starts making sense! Reading Susan Cain’s Quiet (2012) has been quite the voyage of self-discovery. I’m not a fan of labels per se, but ‘introvert’ is one I’m happy to adopt and wear proudly. At least now I have a classification for the mixed bag of attitudes and behavioural traits that make me who ...
