Representations of writers as public intellectuals : Jean-Paul Sartre, Nadine Gordimer, Gao Xingjian and Pablo Neruda

Master Thesis

2003

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Lee, Jenny V
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Driver, Dorothy
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University of Cape Town

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Department of English Language and Literature
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Faculty of Humanities
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This thesis takes as its subject the various public roles and representations of writers, using Said's 1993 Reith lectures on the subject of the intellectual as a starting point. The main questions raised are how writers, in various political and historical contexts, have functioned as public intellectuals, and how they have negotiated the tensions between their various private and public commitments and responsibilities, whether artistic, social, or political. To gain insight into these issues, this thesis turns to the essays, memoirs and lectures of Jean-Paul Sartre, Nadine Gordimer, Pablo Neruda and Gao Xingjian.
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Creative Writing

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Lee, J. 2003. Representations of writers as public intellectuals : Jean-Paul Sartre, Nadine Gordimer, Gao Xingjian and Pablo Neruda. University of Cape Town.

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