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Shorter papers and discussion at the seminar on Foe

01 Jun 1989-Journal of Literary Studies (Taylor & Francis Group)-Vol. 5, Iss: 2, pp 215-231
About: This article is published in Journal of Literary Studies.The article was published on 1989-06-01. It has received 2 citations till now.
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TL;DR: Coetzee and Coetzee as mentioned in this paper discuss the politics of writing in South Africa and the Politics of Writing in the South Africa of the 1970s and 1980s, and discuss the following:
Abstract: J.M. Coetzee. South Africa and the Politics of Writing. David Attwell 1993. Johannesburg: David Philip

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31 Dec 2008
TL;DR: In this article, the history, scope and chief proponents of postmodernism are discussed, defining the differences between Neuzeit, modernism and post-modernism, and considering architectural, literary and artistic dimensions.
Abstract: Considers the history, scope and chief proponents of postmodernism, defining the differences between Neuzeit, modernism and postmodernism. In addition to philosophy, the text considers architectural, literary and artistic dimensions.

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TL;DR: In this article, a debate is constructed in the field of South African literary aesthetics between Es'kia Mphahlele's "African humanism" and JM Coetzee's post-modernist practice.
Abstract: Summary A debate is constructed in the field of South African literary aesthetics between Es'kia Mphahlele's “African humanism” and JM Coetzee's” post‐modernist practice The two writers are linked by their approach to the “problem” of creative writing in South Africa in relation to political factors Where Mphahlele makes a distinction of value between “local” and “transcendental” forms of expression, arguing that political constraints prevent South African writing from transcending the “tyranny of place”, Coetzee regards the local/universal polarity as an ideologically loaded construct within which a certain order of terms are subservient For Coetzee, dealing with politics must first be addressed at the level of the politics of writing, while Mphahlele situates the “problem” of politics outside the sphere of lanugage

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