In the 1980's, South African literary criticism was preoccupied
with the issue of political responsibility and various aspects of
literary texts were largely ignored by the dominant critical
debates of the time. By focusing on the predicament of literary
writing in times of historical turmoil, Writing in Crisis
investigates three central apartheid-era texts that attempt to
engage a cultural form and deviate from it at the same time.
Helgesson argues that Fools and Other Stories by Njabulo Ndebele, A
Sport of Nature by Nadine Gordimer, and Life & Times of Michael
K by J.M. Coetzee, each articulate a response to the upheavals of
late apartheid. Writing in Crisis covers the critical literary
debates of the period and employs a close reading practice that is
simultaneously informed by a nuanced understanding of post-colonial
theory and the ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Lvinas. For both
scholar and student, this book is an invaluable and accessible
resource that helps to illuminate South
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