dc.contributor.author | Stapleton, Katia | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-22T12:32:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-22T12:32:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-08-22 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/81866 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines David Lurie’s transgressive thoughts and behaviours in J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace (1999) and draws conclusions about their function. Using Michel Foucault’s definition of transgression – which classifies it as a productive means to question tacit laws – the central argument maintains that David’s predatory behaviours, paradoxical rationalizations, and unboundaried ideas about fatherhood are necessary efforts to question various social roles in the context of the post-apartheid period. I also contend that David’s conflation of sexual desire and fatherly care in Disgrace points to one of Coetzee’s larger projects: to dismantle glossy ideas about nuclear family structures and to expose the white patriarchal Afrikaner ideals that persist in South Africa even after the end of apartheid. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject | post-apartheid | en_US |
dc.subject | J.M. Coetzee | en_US |
dc.subject | patriarchy | en_US |
dc.subject | transgression | en_US |
dc.title | Transgressive Fathering in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2022-08-09 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of English | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Bart Vautour | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Asha Jeffers | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Heather Jessup | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Alice Brittan | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |