Leknouche Fatine: Postcolonial rewriting in Coetzee's waiting for the Barbarians. In: Papers in English and American studies : Tomus XXV. - Distinguished Szeged student papers 2024, (25). pp. 163-184. (2024)
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Abstract
Postcolonial literature has yielded a substantial body of literary rewritings accompanied by pertinent criticism. Primarily, these rewritings revisit the productions of the colonial literary era from a novel standpoint: the postcolonial perspective of the oppressed or colonial Other, who was previously voiceless in colonial texts. My thesis is dedicated to a detailed examination of the literary rewriting process, and I will specifically deal with postcolonial rewriting in John Maxwell Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) which serves as a responsive work to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1899). The examination unfolds through: first, a theoretical framework of major concepts of postcolonialism such as Orientalism, postcolonial rewriting, hybridity and second by eliciting the differences between both versions of literature: colonial works of literature and postcolonial ones. The second chapter is centered on two of J. M. Coetzee's rewritings, namely Foe (1986) as a rewriting of Robinson Crusoe (1719) and In the Heart of the Country (1977) as a rewriting of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1899). Finally, the third chapter of the thesis is dedicated to an in-depth examination of “Waiting for the Barbarians” as a postcolonial rewriting of “Heart of Darkness.” This analysis involves a thorough exploration of both the similarities and differences between the two works. Furthermore, the chapter delves into the themes of otherness and linguistic hybridity within the context of the studied literature. In conclusion, the thesis posits that the utilization of hybrid characters, linguistic hybridity, and adopting alternative perspectives serves as a means for postcolonial subjects to engage in a critical discourse, effectively writing back and challenging colonial modes of representation.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Papers in English and American studies : Tomus XXV. - Distinguished Szeged student papers 2024 |
| Date: | 2024 |
| Volume: | 25 |
| ISSN: | 0230-2780 |
| ISBN: | 978-963-306-983-7 |
| Page Range: | pp. 163-184 |
| Series Name: | Acta Universitatis Szegediensis de Attila József nominatae : papers in english and american studies |
| Language: | English |
| Contributors: | Contribution Name UNSPECIFIED Coetzee John Maxwell |
| Publisher: | Institute of English & American Studies (IEAS) |
| Place of Publication: | Szeged |
| Related URLs: | https://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/86284/ |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Afrikai irodalom története - Dél-Afrika - 20-21. sz., Angol irodalom története - Dél-Afrika - 20-21. sz., Műelemzés - angol, Irodalomtudomány - összehasonlító |
| Additional Information: | Bibliogr.: p. 183-184. ; összefoglalás angol nyelven |
| Subjects: | 06. Humanities 06. Humanities > 06.02. Languages and Literature |
| Date Deposited: | 2025. Mar. 21. 10:07 |
| Last Modified: | 2025. Mar. 21. 10:12 |
| URI: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/86778 |
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