South African Writing in Transition

Bibliographic Data

ID19947186
AuthorsAndrew Edward Van der Vlies
EditorsRita Barnard, Andrew Van Der Vlies (0000-0002-8431-6701)
Year2019
Publication date2019-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueSouth African Writing in Transition (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBloomsbury Academic (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9781350086913
OpenAlexW4236008244
Open LibraryOL27760668M
ISBN9781350086913
LanguageEN
Citations received7

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 and science fiction, South African Writing in Transition 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

Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Transition (genetics) · Chemistry · Gender Studies · History · Law · South African History and Culture · History and criticism · Literature and society · Politics and literature · South African literature · South African literature (English) · South african literature, history and criticism

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