Coetzee the Writer and the Writer of an Autobiography
This essay explores some of Coetzee’s contradictions, in particular the reason why he often speaks of himself in the third person, as if the ‘I’ were a forbidden subject. Doubling the Point and Boyhood lead to an enquiry into the nature of confession as a literary convention. Echoing Kafka’s ‘Burrow...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | This essay explores some of Coetzee’s contradictions, in particular the reason why he often speaks of himself in the third person, as if the ‘I’ were a forbidden subject. Doubling the Point and Boyhood lead to an enquiry into the nature of confession as a literary convention. Echoing Kafka’s ‘Burrow’, Coetzee’s works are a vast metaphor on retirement, on the individual’s refusal to be categorized, thus leaving a space for the moralist to express himself. |
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