From race to grace : the other J M Coetzee

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dc.contributor.advisorWatson, Stephenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJanari, Barbaraen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-03T12:47:56Z
dc.date.available2014-10-03T12:47:56Z
dc.date.issued2005en_ZA
dc.description.abstractOne of the notable features of JM Coetzee's work is the portrayal in his novels, particularly in his 1999 Booker Prize-winning novel, Disgrace, of worlds that often seem bleak and bereft of redemption. In this dissertation I will argue that there is a resonance in Coetzee's writing that goes beyond the political and historical and that adds another dimension to his work. The focus of my dissertation will be an attempt to account for this other 'dimension' within the broader socio-political-historical nexus that informs much of his work. I will argue that this other dimension represents an ongoing conccrn with the questions of redemption and salvation, particularly as they are manifested in his latcr works, Disgrace and Elizabeth Costello. These concerns, however, are not just a consequence of Coetzee's evolving thought. As I will show, they are present in his earlier texts as well. To this end, I will consider the ways in which the themes of redemption and salvation, in the specifically religious and Christian sense of these words, also resonate in In the Heart of the Country (1977) and Life and Times of Michael K (1983).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationJanari, B. (2005). <i>From race to grace : the other J M Coetzee</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8020en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationJanari, Barbara. <i>"From race to grace : the other J M Coetzee."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8020en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJanari, B. 2005. From race to grace : the other J M Coetzee. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Janari, Barbara AB - One of the notable features of JM Coetzee's work is the portrayal in his novels, particularly in his 1999 Booker Prize-winning novel, Disgrace, of worlds that often seem bleak and bereft of redemption. In this dissertation I will argue that there is a resonance in Coetzee's writing that goes beyond the political and historical and that adds another dimension to his work. The focus of my dissertation will be an attempt to account for this other 'dimension' within the broader socio-political-historical nexus that informs much of his work. I will argue that this other dimension represents an ongoing conccrn with the questions of redemption and salvation, particularly as they are manifested in his latcr works, Disgrace and Elizabeth Costello. These concerns, however, are not just a consequence of Coetzee's evolving thought. As I will show, they are present in his earlier texts as well. To this end, I will consider the ways in which the themes of redemption and salvation, in the specifically religious and Christian sense of these words, also resonate in In the Heart of the Country (1977) and Life and Times of Michael K (1983). DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - From race to grace : the other J M Coetzee TI - From race to grace : the other J M Coetzee UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8020 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8020
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationJanari B. From race to grace : the other J M Coetzee. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8020en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 65-70).en_ZA
dc.titleFrom race to grace : the other J M Coetzeeen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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