EMPATHY AND IRONY IN “KEEPING FIT” BY NADINE GORDIMER

This essay proposes a close textual analysis of “Keeping Fit”, a story published in 1991 in Jump and Other Stories at a time when South Africa was in a post-apartheid but pre-democratic situation. “Keeping Fit” is arguably one of the most polarised and ironic short stories in the volume. I suggest t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Héliane Ventura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Udine 2019-11-01
Series:Le Simplegadi
Online Access:https://le-simplegadi.it/article/view/990