A Polychromatic Approach to the Rainbow Nation Today: Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor, “Nietverloren” and Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
Achmat Dangor in Bitter Fruit and J. M. Coetzee in both “Nietverloren” and Disgrace reveal aspects of the Rainbow Nation wrestling with questions of Black, White, and Coloured identities, as well as with the difficulty of reconciling the past with the present. These texts of fiction map some of the...
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Kieli: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2021
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| Linkit: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Yhteenveto: | Achmat Dangor in Bitter Fruit and J. M. Coetzee in both “Nietverloren” and Disgrace reveal aspects of the Rainbow Nation wrestling with questions of Black, White, and Coloured identities, as well as with the difficulty of reconciling the past with the present. These texts of fiction map some of the directions South Africa and its literature are taking today, wondering to what extent the idea of the Rainbow Nation has survived intact, more than fifteen years after the end of apartheid. |
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