Nadine Gordimer: Familiar Tales From South Africa

• Autorzy: Luiza Caraivan
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper analyses the new perspectives in Nadine Gordimer’s writings, focusing on her post-Apartheid works. The concepts of home, relocation, cultural diversity, violence and the issue of the Other are examined, as they represent the key factors in defining and understanding South Africa and its multicultural and multiracial communities.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

multiculturalism; otherness; relocation; South Africa; violence

• Wydawca: Sciendo
• Czasopismo: Romanian Journal of English Studies
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 11
• Numer: 1
• Strony: 71-77

Daty

wydano

2014-03-01

online

2014-05-01

Twórcy

autor

Luiza Caraivan

• “Dimitrie Cantemir” University, Timişoara

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/rjes-2014-0009