Coetzee describes the limitations of literature because of Apartheid. In his speech he says, “ South African literature is a literature in bondage, as it reveals in even its highest moments, shot through as they are with feelings of homelessness and yearnings for a liberation.”(98). This quote means that South African literature is being oppressed because of Apartheid and the readers can feel the hopelessness that the writers feel. Also, he says, “ As you would expect in a so...vast a country…, there is a South African literature of vastness. Yet even that literature of vastness, examined closely, reflects feelings of entrapment..”(98). Coetzee describes how despite the vast amount of literature that is offered the reader can’t help but to be able to feel the feeling of entrapment from the author. In his speech he also says, “It is a less than fully human literature, unnaturally preoccupied with power and the torsions of power.”(98). According to Coetzee it means that the literature itself isn’t what the writer themselves want to express and they cannot express what they feel because everything is already set in
Coetzee describes the limitations of literature because of Apartheid. In his speech he says, “ South African literature is a literature in bondage, as it reveals in even its highest moments, shot through as they are with feelings of homelessness and yearnings for a liberation.”(98). This quote means that South African literature is being oppressed because of Apartheid and the readers can feel the hopelessness that the writers feel. Also, he says, “ As you would expect in a so...vast a country…, there is a South African literature of vastness. Yet even that literature of vastness, examined closely, reflects feelings of entrapment..”(98). Coetzee describes how despite the vast amount of literature that is offered the reader can’t help but to be able to feel the feeling of entrapment from the author. In his speech he also says, “It is a less than fully human literature, unnaturally preoccupied with power and the torsions of power.”(98). According to Coetzee it means that the literature itself isn’t what the writer themselves want to express and they cannot express what they feel because everything is already set in