A Quest for the 'New Man' in Times of Transition: Faith, Unfaith and the Pitfalls of Utopia in JM Coetzee's The Master of Petersburg. Issue 2 (2nd July 2016)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- A Quest for the 'New Man' in Times of Transition: Faith, Unfaith and the Pitfalls of Utopia in JM Coetzee's The Master of Petersburg. Issue 2 (2nd July 2016)
- Main Title:
- A Quest for the 'New Man' in Times of Transition: Faith, Unfaith and the Pitfalls of Utopia in JM Coetzee's The Master of Petersburg
- Authors:
- Dimitriu, Ileana
- Abstract:
- Abstract : I offer a re-reading of JM Coetzee's novel, The Master of Petersburg (1994 ), according to which I seek to answer the question: Why return to this particular novel today? In pursuing the question, I accord a greater directness than hitherto to both religious and political reference. My point is to locate the novel, both locally and internationally, in a current climate of religious-cum-political demagoguery and conviction. I argue that, in retrospect, we may appreciate Coetzee's uncanny prescience: a vision that evokes the temper of the world today. Central to my analysis is the figure of the 'new man'; forged in radicalised political times and treading a precarious path between faith and unfaith, utopia and delusion, revolutionary fervour and collective amnesia.
- Is Part Of:
- Current writing. Volume 28:Issue 2(2016)
- Journal:
- Current writing
- Issue:
- Volume 28:Issue 2(2016)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 28, Issue 2 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 28
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0028-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 159
- Page End:
- 172
- Publication Date:
- 2016-07-02
- Subjects:
- JM Coetzee -- The Master of Petersburg; 'religion without religion' -- utopia and delusion
Southern African literature (English) -- History and criticism -- Periodicals
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http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/1013929X.2016.1202045 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1013-929X
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