Rethinking Genres: J.M. Coetzee’s Fluid Voices in Summertime
Summertime is a hybrid polyphonic construction that examines the fluidity of boundaries between autobiography and fiction and debunks the classical definitions of authorship, characterization and plot. Over and above its experimental nature, this text is situated at the crossroads of literature and...
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| Yayımlandı: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/pla, |
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| Materyal Türü: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Postcolonial Literatures and Arts
2025
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Özet: | Summertime is a hybrid polyphonic construction that examines the fluidity of boundaries between autobiography and fiction and debunks the classical definitions of authorship, characterization and plot. Over and above its experimental nature, this text is situated at the crossroads of literature and political and social philosophy. By forcefully engaging with history, it proposes an examination of some of the mechanisms of apartheid implemented in the 1970s in South Africa. |
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