South African Writing in Transition

Bringing together leading and emerging scholars, this book asks the question: how has contemporary South African literature grappled with ideas of time and history during the political transition away from apartheid?Reading the work of major South African writers such as J.M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer and Ivan Vladislavic as well as contemporary crime fiction, explores how concerns about time and temporality have shaped literary form across the country''s literary culture. Establishing new connections between leading literary voices and lesser known works, the book explores themes of truth and reconciliation, disappointment and betrayal.>

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• Authors: Rita Barnard, Rita (University of Pennsylvania Barnard, Barnard Rita, Andrew van der Vlies
• Assisted by: Rita Barnard (Editor), Rita (University of Pennsylvania Barnard (Editor), Andrew van der Vlies (Editor), Andrew (Queen Mary van der Vlies (Editor), Andrew van der Vlies (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781350086883
• ISBN: 978-1-350-08688-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form