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“Visiting himself on me” ‐ the angel, the witness and the modern subject of enunciation in J.M. Coetzee's age of iron
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In this paper, the double bind of the novel's narrator, who finds herself simultaneously subjected to and outside of historical discourse, by designating the problem of postcolonial agency in the allegorical transition from the figure of the angel to that of the witness, is discussed.Abstract:
Summary In the particular historical locale of South Africa's late apartheid, J.M. Coetzee's novel Age of Iron (1990) assumes a narrative position that, while fundamentally impeded by sociohistorical clusters, succeeds in articulating and subverting its own impediment. The essay seeks to account for the double bind of the novel's narrator, who finds herself simultaneously subjected to and outside of historical discourse, by designating the problem of postcolonial agency in the allegorical transition from the figure of the angel to that of the witness. To back up and elaborate on its claims, it reassesses modern subjectivity in light of the experience of racial and totalitarian violence. In this reassessment, it takes recourse to recent theories of cultural modernity by Homi K. Bhabha, Michel Foucault and Giorgio Agamben, which, however diverse, all rely on a concept of subjectivity based on acts of enunciation ‐ not on what is said but on language taking place. The ultimate aim of the essay is to describe...read more
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The Location of Culture
TL;DR: The postcolonial and the post-modern: The question of agency as mentioned in this paper, the question of how newness enters the world: Postmodern space, postcolonial times and the trials of cultural translation, 12.
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The Archaeology of Knowledge
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define the Statement and the Archive and define the Enunciative Function 3. The Description of Staements 4. Contradictions 5. Change and Transformations 6. The Formation of Concepts 7. Conclusion Conclusion Index
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The Archaeology of Knowledge.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors define the Statement and the Archive and define the Enunciative Function 3. The Description of Staements 4. Contradictions 5. Change and Transformations 6. The Formation of Concepts 7. Conclusion Conclusion Index
Book ChapterDOI
The archaeology of knowledge
TL;DR: We may not be able to make you love reading, but archaeology of knowledge will lead you to love reading starting from now as mentioned in this paper, and book is the window to open the new world.