Metafiction in J.M. Coetzee's 'Foe'
Author | : Verena Schörkhuber |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 2007-08-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783638766531 |
ISBN-13 | : 3638766535 |
Rating | : 4/5 (535 Downloads) |
Download or read book Metafiction in J.M. Coetzee's 'Foe' written by Verena Schörkhuber and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2007-08-25 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Vienna (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Introductory Seminar Literature (year 2), 32 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The main aim of this paper is to discuss metafiction in J. M. Coetzee's Foe (1986), which is a rewriting of Daniel Defoe's literary classic Robinson Crusoe (1719). I shall deal with the intersection of postcolonialism and postmodernism in Coetzee's works, give (a) brief definition(s) of metafiction and consider the origins of this term and its general functions. I will finally take a rather detailed look at metafiction and the discourse of power in Coetzee's deconstruction of the Crusoe myth.