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This seminar will focus on the two most prominent and frequently discussed aspect of J. M. Coetzee’s novels, their moral seriousness and their literary form. It will consider Waiting for the Barbarians, The Life and Times of Michael K, Foe, Age of Iron, Disgrace, Elizabeth Costello, and Summertime to determine what relation, if any, obtains between the two. Is the form of the novels an extension of high modernism or an example of postmodern experimentation? In addition to these topics, the seminar will probe the relation between philosophical critiques of political orders and the place of politics, especially oppositional politics, in “political novels.”
SEMINAR LEADER: Robert Pippin, Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor of Social Thought, Philosophy, and in the College at the University of Chicago
SEMINAR DATES: June 24 – June 29, 2012
STIPENDS AND EXPENSES: Participation in an institute carries a stipend of $1,500. The National Humanities Center will cover the cost of travel, lodging, meals, and texts.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Participants will stay at the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, across the street from the University of North Carolina. The Center will provide daily bus service to and from the seminar
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