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International Fiction Review, 1991
The process of remaking Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe continues as each successive generation si... more The process of remaking Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe continues as each successive generation since 1719 has taken the Crusoe myth, reconsidered it, reshaped it, repudiated it-and still we have not finished with this strange man, his island, and his Friday. In this century alone, writers the likes of H.G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, Rose Macauley, Muriel Spark, E.L. Doctorow, William Golding, and Richard Hughes (to name only a few) have grappled with Defoe's creation in an attempt to silence his presence once and for all. As Martin Green has suggested in his recent study, The Robinson Crusoe Story, Crusoe is a towering figure in literature: his tale has been hailed as the first English novel, the first story of psychological realism, the first adventure narrative, and the most compelling myth of Empire. 1 Indeed, so powerful is this father of literature, an entire genre, the Robinsonnade, has been named in his honor. And as this name suggests-Robinsonnade-Crusoe exists in each of these remaking-a trace, a shadow, a subtext. He is always there, in the margins.
Journal of Literary Studies, 1989
In this article it is argued that, in Foe, Coetzee achieves a synthesis of overt metanovelistic p... more In this article it is argued that, in Foe, Coetzee achieves a synthesis of overt metanovelistic practice with engagement ‐ two modes conventionally held to be antagonistic. By means of various metafictional devices, Coetzee establishes an equivalence between the relations of father/child, author/character, master/slave, reader/text and subject/object ‐thus presenting a critique which exposes the linguistic base of various forms of political domination, and which politicizes both the act of writing and the act of reading.In hierdie artikel word aangevoer dat Coetzee, in Foe, ’n sintese van openlike metafik‐sionele praktyk met betrokkenheid bereik ‐ twee vorme wat gewoonlik as teenstrydig beskou word. By wyse van verskeie selfbesinnende tegnieke vestig Coetzee ‘n gelykwaar‐digheid tussen die verhoudinge van vader/kind, outeur/karakter, meester/slaaf, leser/teks en subjek/objek. Sodoende word ‘n kritiek bereik wat die taalkundige basis van verskeie vorme van politieke oorheersing openbaar, en wat sowel die skryfproses as die leerproses politiseer.
Journal of Literary Studies, 1989
... Postmodernisme verskaf strategieë van tussentrede en ontwyking wat noodsaaklik is vir wit Sui... more ... Postmodernisme verskaf strategieë van tussentrede en ontwyking wat noodsaaklik is vir wit Suid-Afrikaanse skrywers, en ... In this novel, Susan Barton is shown arriving at a point at which she ... An analysis of the way in which Foeaddresses this problem, and the related problem of ...
Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 1989
ROBERT M. POST whether or not their works are set in Africa, anti-apartheid South African authors... more ROBERT M. POST whether or not their works are set in Africa, anti-apartheid South African authors often write, directly or indirectly, about slave-master relationships and call upon images and metaphors of imprisonment and escape or freedom to embody their themes-...
International Fiction Review, 1991
The process of remaking Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe continues as each successive generation si... more The process of remaking Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe continues as each successive generation since 1719 has taken the Crusoe myth, reconsidered it, reshaped it, repudiated it-and still we have not finished with this strange man, his island, and his Friday. In this century alone, writers the likes of H.G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, Rose Macauley, Muriel Spark, E.L. Doctorow, William Golding, and Richard Hughes (to name only a few) have grappled with Defoe's creation in an attempt to silence his presence once and for all. As Martin Green has suggested in his recent study, The Robinson Crusoe Story, Crusoe is a towering figure in literature: his tale has been hailed as the first English novel, the first story of psychological realism, the first adventure narrative, and the most compelling myth of Empire. 1 Indeed, so powerful is this father of literature, an entire genre, the Robinsonnade, has been named in his honor. And as this name suggests-Robinsonnade-Crusoe exists in each of these remaking-a trace, a shadow, a subtext. He is always there, in the margins.
Journal of Literary Studies, 1989
In this article it is argued that, in Foe, Coetzee achieves a synthesis of overt metanovelistic p... more In this article it is argued that, in Foe, Coetzee achieves a synthesis of overt metanovelistic practice with engagement ‐ two modes conventionally held to be antagonistic. By means of various metafictional devices, Coetzee establishes an equivalence between the relations of father/child, author/character, master/slave, reader/text and subject/object ‐thus presenting a critique which exposes the linguistic base of various forms of political domination, and which politicizes both the act of writing and the act of reading.In hierdie artikel word aangevoer dat Coetzee, in Foe, ’n sintese van openlike metafik‐sionele praktyk met betrokkenheid bereik ‐ twee vorme wat gewoonlik as teenstrydig beskou word. By wyse van verskeie selfbesinnende tegnieke vestig Coetzee ‘n gelykwaar‐digheid tussen die verhoudinge van vader/kind, outeur/karakter, meester/slaaf, leser/teks en subjek/objek. Sodoende word ‘n kritiek bereik wat die taalkundige basis van verskeie vorme van politieke oorheersing openbaar, en wat sowel die skryfproses as die leerproses politiseer.
Journal of Literary Studies, 1989
... Postmodernisme verskaf strategieë van tussentrede en ontwyking wat noodsaaklik is vir wit Sui... more ... Postmodernisme verskaf strategieë van tussentrede en ontwyking wat noodsaaklik is vir wit Suid-Afrikaanse skrywers, en ... In this novel, Susan Barton is shown arriving at a point at which she ... An analysis of the way in which Foeaddresses this problem, and the related problem of ...
Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 1989
ROBERT M. POST whether or not their works are set in Africa, anti-apartheid South African authors... more ROBERT M. POST whether or not their works are set in Africa, anti-apartheid South African authors often write, directly or indirectly, about slave-master relationships and call upon images and metaphors of imprisonment and escape or freedom to embody their themes-...