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J M Coetzee's The Childhood of Jesus: A Postmodern Allegory?
Ileana Dimitriu
- Vol. 26, Iss: 1, pp 70-81
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The Childhood of Jesus (2013) as mentioned in this paper is a post-modern allegory in which the deconstruction of suspicion is embodied, paradoxically, in a reconstruction of purpose, a purpose that is held in tension with an impulse to transcendence.Abstract:
The argument is that J M Coetzee's novel, The Childhood of Jesus (2013), may best be interpreted as ‘postmodern allegory’, in which the deconstruction of suspicion is embodied, paradoxically, in a reconstruction of purpose. It is a purpose in which the ‘real’ of the quotidian is held in tension with an impulse to transcendence. Playing seriously with New Testament motifs in a novel which, despite its title, has no figure in the action named “Jesus”, Coetzee explores the oxymoron of secular spirituality as apt to our uncertain times.read more
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