Subverting the pastoral: the transcendence of space and place in J.M. Coetzee’s <i>Disgrace</i> by S. Smit-Marais, M. Wenzel

“…Accordingly, the concept “farm” is portrayed as a contested and liminal space inscribed with a history of violence and dispossession – a dystopia. This article therefore conceptualises “Disgrace” as an antipastoral farm novel that reconfigures the concept “farm” – within the context of the South African reality – by subverting, inverting and parodying the structures of space and place postulated by the pastoral farm novel.…”
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