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03149aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 D85BE5A2EA0B11E7B6F5700597128E48 003 SILO 005 20171226010227 008 151016t20152015ne b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2015959843 020 $a 9004308431 020 $a 9789004308435 035 $a (OCoLC)925390943 040 $a ERASA $b eng $e rda $c ERASA $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCQ $d IQU $d IUL $d EZN $d OCLCF $d UBY $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 4 $a PR9369.3.C58 $b Z884 2015 082 04 $a 810/820 100 1 $a Tegla, Emanuela, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2016004026 245 10 $a J.M. Coetzee and the ethics of power : unsettling complicity, complacency, and confession / $c by Emanuela Tegla. 264 1 $a Leiden ; $b Brill Rodopi, $c [2015] 300 $a xv, 275 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Cross/cultures, $x 0924-1426 ; $v volume 185 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) and index. 505 0 $a Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. From Duty to Moral Choice: Waiting for the Barbarians -- Present-Tense Narration and the Ethics of Representation -- The Magistrate: The Journey from Duty to Moral Choice -- 2. Facile Goodness and Shame: Age of Iron -- Epistolarity: Death, History, and Writing -- Confession: Self-Doubt and Problematic Love -- Shame: Self-Reflexiveness, Social Questioning, and Moral Revelation -- Purgation: The Elusive Character of Redemption -- 3. Sloth and Moral Integrity: Life & Times Michael K -- Narrative Strategies and the Ethical Encounter -- History and Individual Trauma -- 4. Ideals, Sex, and Violence: Disgrace -- Historical Guilt, Humiliation, and Morality -- Self-Deception and Morality -- Conclusion -- The Moral Dimension of Resisting Narrative Closure -- Works Cited -- Index 520 $a The present study looks closely into the unsettling effects Coetzee's novels have on the reader and explores the interconnectedness between stylistic choices and moral insights. Its overall aim is to disclose the effectiveness of Coetzee's narrative strategies to prompt the reader to engage in self-questioning and radical revisions of personal and social moral assumptions. 600 10 $a Coetzee, J. M., $d 1940- $x Criticism and interpretation. 650 0 $a Social ethics in literature. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008627 650 0 $a Power (Philosophy) in literature. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008411 650 0 $a Apartheid in literature. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93008402 600 17 $a Coetzee, J. M., $d 1940- $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00117350 650 7 $a Apartheid in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00811130 650 7 $a Power (Philosophy) in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01074218 650 7 $a Social ethics in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01122455 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 830 0 $a Cross/cultures ; $v 185. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90714752 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171226044031.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D85BE5A2EA0B11E7B6F5700597128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search