Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Waiting for the Barbarians: A Case Study in Contemporary Literary Theory
Project Type
Event
Abstract
This case study in contemporary literary theory is a writing project which consists of seven academic essays on J. M. Coetzee's 1980 novel Waiting for the Barbarians, each from a different theoretical approach in the area of literary criticism, and seven sets of headnotes to explain the theories briefly and to coach readers to attempt such writing of their own.
Waiting for the Barbarians: A Case Study in Contemporary Literary Theory
Reed 330
This case study in contemporary literary theory is a writing project which consists of seven academic essays on J. M. Coetzee's 1980 novel Waiting for the Barbarians, each from a different theoretical approach in the area of literary criticism, and seven sets of headnotes to explain the theories briefly and to coach readers to attempt such writing of their own.