J.M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians and Allegory/ies

It has often been claimed that Waiting for the Barbarians is an allegory. Polysemy characterizes the different occurrences of the genre within the narrative, with the result that the novel may be seen as a superimposition of different allegories.

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Publicado no:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces,
Autor principal: Chantot, Anne
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicado em: Commonwealth Essays and Studies 2024
Acesso em linha:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Resumo:It has often been claimed that Waiting for the Barbarians is an allegory. Polysemy characterizes the different occurrences of the genre within the narrative, with the result that the novel may be seen as a superimposition of different allegories.