Writing Out of All the Camps

J.M. Coetzee's Narratives of Displacement

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, African
Cover of the book Writing Out of All the Camps by Laura Wright, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Laura Wright ISBN: 9781135868994
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 15, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Laura Wright
ISBN: 9781135868994
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 15, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Writing "Out of all the Camps": J. M. Coetzee's Narratives of Displacement is an interdisciplinary examination--combining ethical, postcolonial, performance, gender-based, and environmental theory--of the ways that 2003 Nobel Prize-winning South African novelist J. M. Coetzee, primarily through his voicing of a female subject position and his presentation of a voiceless subjectivity, the animal, displaces both the narrative and authorial voice in his works of fiction. Coetzee's work remains outside of conventional notions of genre by virtue of the free indirect discourse that characterizes many of his third-person narrated texts that feature male protagonists (Life & Times of Michael K, The Master of Petersburg, and Disgrace), various and differing first-person narrative accounts of the same story (Dusklands, In the Heart of the Country), the use of female narrators and female narrative personas (Age of Iron, The Lives of Animals), and unlocatable, ahistorical contexts (Waiting for the Barbarians). The work has broad academic appeal in the established fields of not only literary studies--postcolonial, contemporary, postmodern and environmental--but also in the realm of performance and gender studies. Because of its broad and interdisciplinary range, this text bridges a conspicuous gap in studies on Coetzee.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Writing "Out of all the Camps": J. M. Coetzee's Narratives of Displacement is an interdisciplinary examination--combining ethical, postcolonial, performance, gender-based, and environmental theory--of the ways that 2003 Nobel Prize-winning South African novelist J. M. Coetzee, primarily through his voicing of a female subject position and his presentation of a voiceless subjectivity, the animal, displaces both the narrative and authorial voice in his works of fiction. Coetzee's work remains outside of conventional notions of genre by virtue of the free indirect discourse that characterizes many of his third-person narrated texts that feature male protagonists (Life & Times of Michael K, The Master of Petersburg, and Disgrace), various and differing first-person narrative accounts of the same story (Dusklands, In the Heart of the Country), the use of female narrators and female narrative personas (Age of Iron, The Lives of Animals), and unlocatable, ahistorical contexts (Waiting for the Barbarians). The work has broad academic appeal in the established fields of not only literary studies--postcolonial, contemporary, postmodern and environmental--but also in the realm of performance and gender studies. Because of its broad and interdisciplinary range, this text bridges a conspicuous gap in studies on Coetzee.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Social Mobility Brit Ils 117 by Laura Wright
Cover of the book Market Movements by Laura Wright
Cover of the book Policing International Trade in Endangered Species by Laura Wright
Cover of the book The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South by Laura Wright
Cover of the book Markets, Ethics, and Business Ethics by Laura Wright
Cover of the book A Great and Growing Evil? by Laura Wright
Cover of the book A History of Design Institutes in China by Laura Wright
Cover of the book Theology and the Arts by Laura Wright
Cover of the book Analyzing the Third World by Laura Wright
Cover of the book Russell on Ethics by Laura Wright
Cover of the book Women and Disasters in South Asia by Laura Wright
Cover of the book Incitement in International Law by Laura Wright
Cover of the book AQA Psychology by Laura Wright
Cover of the book Jazz Theory by Laura Wright
Cover of the book Land, Credit and Crisis by Laura Wright
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy