Then and Now
Nadine Gordimer's Burger's Daughter (1979) and No Time Like the Present (2012)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4603690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ileana Dimitriu (University of KwaZulu-Natal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1045-1057 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057070.2016.1247553 |
| OpenAlex | W2548319175 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
I explore two of Gordimer’s novels, Burger’s Daughter (1979) and No Time Like the Present (2012), the one written ‘then’, in apartheid times, the other written ‘now’, in post-apartheid times. Both, in different ways, subject personal dilemmas to political aspirations. Gordimer reminds the reader that she, as author, continued to test ideals against ‘methodical doubt’, and that she remained a ‘romantic struggling with reality’
Art · Daughter · Literature · Political science · Politics · Romance · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · South African History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |