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J. M. Coetzee and the Ethics of Narrative Transgression

A Reconsideration of Metalepsis

By (author) Alexandra Effe
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland
Published: 1st Sep 2017
Dimensions: w 148mm h 210mm d 13mm
Weight: 381g
ISBN-10: 3319601008
ISBN-13: 9783319601007
Barcode No: 9783319601007
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This book is about the metanarrative and metafictional elements of J. M. Coetzee's novels. It draws together authorship, readership, ethics, and formal analysis into one overarching argument about how narratives work the boundary between art and life. On the basis of Coetzee's writing, it reconsiders the concept of metalepsis, challenges common understandings of self-reflexive discourse, and invites us to rethink our practice as critics and readers. This study analyzes Coetzee's novels in three chapters organized thematically around the author's relation with character, reader, and self. Author and character are discussed on the basis of Foe, Slow Man, and Coetzee's Nobel lecture, 'He and His Man'. Stories featuring the character Elizabeth Costello, or the figuration Elizabeth Curren, serve to elaborate the relation of author and reader. The study ends on a reading of Summertime, Diary of a Bad Year, and Dusklands as Coetzee's engagement with autobiographical writing, analyzing the relation of author and self. It will appeal to readers with an interest in literary and narrative theory as much as to Coetzee scholars and advanced students.

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"J.M Coetzee and the Ethics of Narrative Transgression constitutes a valuable assessment of Coetzee's oeuvre with regard to its ethical engagement of authorship and readership. ... It represents a meaningful and persuasive addition to contemporary literary studies and narratology, such that not only students and scholars interested in Coetzee will find this book useful and accessible." (Melissa Schuh, English Studies, Vol. 100 (3), 2019)