the theme of silence in j. m. coetzee’s novel dusklands
Gamal Abdo Nasser Al-Dhamari,
Published in International Journal of Advanced Research in Literature and Education
ISSN: 2348-2346 Impact Factor:1.9 Volume:1 Issue:2 Year: 08 March,2014 Pages:27-32
Abstract
J. M. Coetzee is one of the most accomplished writers and novelists of South Africa whose imagination helped him to write his novels to project silence that was present in South Africa. In other words, one of the striking features in most of his novels is the theme of silence which is conveyed in graphic details in many of his books. In this paper, I will discuss the various instances where silence speaks volumes affecting anyone opposing the whites in one of his popular novels Dusklands and how silence has played an important role in the power dichotomy.
Kewords
Silence, Power, Colonialism, Oppression, Dichotomy
Reference
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