History and the “imagination of men’s hearts ” in Mike Nicol ’s Horseman
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| author | Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk |
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| contents | History and the “imagination of men’s hearts ” in Mike Nicol ’s Horseman Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk Lengua y Literatura post Horseman apartheid Mike Nicol South African literature In light of the scattered nature of criticism regarding the work of South African author, Mike Nicol, this article surveys the transformation of Nicol’s novelistic style so as to better illuminate the representation and deployment of history in his third novel, Horseman (1994). South Africa’s political transformation not only offers a context for understanding the novel, but also provokes questions for the South African writer: how does the writer respond to the oppression of apartheid and the possibility of a new dispensation given the memory of such oppression? What forms best articulate that response? In the case of Horseman, how does one read the book’s pessimism against the backdrop of the first democratic elections? A consideration of Nicol’s greater body of work–his realist and more allegorical modes–points to a complicated relationship between the South African writer and the period of transition leading up to the 1994 elections. 2011 artículo científico 2175-8026 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=478348699005 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4783 Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies application/pdf Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies (Brasil) Num.61 |
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| spellingShingle | History and the “imagination of men’s hearts ” in Mike Nicol ’s Horseman Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk Lengua y Literatura post Horseman apartheid Mike Nicol South African literature History and the “imagination of men’s hearts ” in Mike Nicol ’s Horseman Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk Lengua y Literatura post Horseman apartheid Mike Nicol South African literature In light of the scattered nature of criticism regarding the work of South African author, Mike Nicol, this article surveys the transformation of Nicol’s novelistic style so as to better illuminate the representation and deployment of history in his third novel, Horseman (1994). South Africa’s political transformation not only offers a context for understanding the novel, but also provokes questions for the South African writer: how does the writer respond to the oppression of apartheid and the possibility of a new dispensation given the memory of such oppression? What forms best articulate that response? In the case of Horseman, how does one read the book’s pessimism against the backdrop of the first democratic elections? A consideration of Nicol’s greater body of work–his realist and more allegorical modes–points to a complicated relationship between the South African writer and the period of transition leading up to the 1994 elections. 2011 artículo científico 2175-8026 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=478348699005 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4783 Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies application/pdf Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies (Brasil) Num.61 |
| title | History and the “imagination of men’s hearts ” in Mike Nicol ’s Horseman |
| topic | Lengua y Literatura post Horseman apartheid Mike Nicol South African literature |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=478348699005 |