Coetzee's Women Narrators - Professor Carrol-Ann Clarkson, University of the Western Cape

In this lecture, Professor Carrol-Ann Clarkson from the University of the Western Cape delves into J.M. Coetzee’s women narrators, examining the roles and complexities of female voices in his works. Professor Clarkson explores how Coetzee constructs the narrators' unique perspectives in navigating power dynamics, trauma, and agency. Offering intertextual analysis of key comparator texts including Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Professor Clarkson reveals how Coetzee's portrayal of women raises broader societal and philosophical questions about identity and voice.

Reading

J.M. Coetzee, Elizabeth Costello (London: Secker and Warburg, 2003)