Imagining other and moral obligations in Coetzee’s the master of petersburg
Other Title(s)
تخيل الآخر و الالتزامات الأخلاقية في رواية سيد بطرسبرغ للكاتب كوتزي
Author
Source
Journal of University of Babylon for Humanities
Issue
Vol. 29, Issue 2 (28 Feb. 2021), pp.293-300, 8 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2021-02-28
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
-This paper investigates the moral obligations in imagining others in literature.
It focuses on J.M.
Coetzee’s masterpiece The Master of Petersburg.
It argues that in this novel, Coetzee uses truth, betrayal, confession, and responsibility to the foreign other to introduce an elusive text that not only challenges but also evades any attempt to fit it into a simple or traditional frame of analysis.
Such elusiveness emphasizes the complexity of imaging the foreign other as well as provoking unsettling thoughts about the role of literature as an influential instrument for our moral actions.
The responsibility towards the other can be discussed in numerous levels but in this essay, I will discuss the text as semi-biographical.
In other words, the discussion will focus on how Coetzee introduces the historical Dostoevsky and how Coetzee responds to such ethical burdens in his task of introducing the fictional and the historical Dostoevsky.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Husayn, Madyan Mashkur. 2021. Imagining other and moral obligations in Coetzee’s the master of petersburg. Journal of University of Babylon for Humanities،Vol. 29, no. 2, pp.293-300.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1265473
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Husayn, Madyan Mashkur. Imagining other and moral obligations in Coetzee’s the master of petersburg. Journal of University of Babylon for Humanities Vol. 29, no. 2 (Feb. 2021), pp.293-300.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1265473
American Medical Association (AMA)
Husayn, Madyan Mashkur. Imagining other and moral obligations in Coetzee’s the master of petersburg. Journal of University of Babylon for Humanities. 2021. Vol. 29, no. 2, pp.293-300.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1265473
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 299-300
Record ID
BIM-1265473