J.M. Coetzee: fictions of the real
Publication details: Routledge, 2018. London:Description: ix, 161 p.; pb; 23 cmISBN:- 9780367231019
- 823.914 UHL
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
IIT Gandhinagar | General | 823.914 UHL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 029093 |
Browsing IIT Gandhinagar shelves, Collection: General Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||
823.914 SIN I too had a love story: a heartbreaking true love tale | 823.914 TAG Last night I saw a dream | 823.914 UHL J.M. Coetzee : truth, meaning, fiction | 823.914 UHL J.M. Coetzee: fictions of the real | 823.91403 BON India I love | 823.91409358 MER Emergency and the Indian English novel: memory, culture and politics | 823.92 ADI Amnesty |
J.M. Coetzee has new things to say about this relation between the ‘real’ and ‘fictions of the real’, and while much has already been written about him, these questions need to be more fully explored. The contributions to this volume are drawn together by the idea of the hinge between the world (whether understood in ontological, bio-ethical, personal and interpersonal, or socio-political terms) and fictional representations of it (whether understood in epistemological, ficto-biographical, formal, or stylistic terms) In this collection, the question of understanding itself — how we understand or imagine our place in the world — is shown to be central to our conception of that world. That is, rather than beginning with forms developed in socio-political understandings, Coetzee’s works ask us to consider what role fiction might play in relation to politics, in relation to history, in relation to ethics and our understanding of human agency and responsibility. Coetzee has a profound interest in the methods through which we make sense of the contemporary world and our place in it, and his approach appeals to readers of fiction, critics and philosophers alike. The central problems he deals with in his fiction are of the kind that confront people everywhere and so involve a "translatability" that allow the works to maintain relevance across cultures. Added to this, though, his fiction makes us question the nature of understanding itself. This book was originally published as a special issue of Textual Practice.
There are no comments on this title.