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Language's grace : the redemption of education in J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace
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Williams, Emma (2019) Language's grace : the redemption of education in J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 52 (4). pp. 621-641. doi:10.1111/1467-9752.12326 ISSN 0309-8249.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12326
Abstract
How does the work of the Nobel Prize novelist J.M. Coetzee bear on the question of the relations between philosophy, literature and education? This paper extends recent discussion of the ways Coetzee's literature can speak to a broad range of philosophical questions by showing how the novelDisgrace is open to exploration in relation to education. Working through some early scenes in Coetzee's novel, I suggest thatDisgrace points us towards forms of degeneration that can be understood in the light of certain conceptions of language. Yet consideration of flickering moments of optimism found in later parts of the novel shows also thatDisgrace reveals the possibilities of grace. Grace, as we shall see, is to be understood not as a matter of elegance and refinement, but rather in relation to language and to ‘what gives’ in the word. This reveals something about the role of literature in education, providing means to test the prevalent view that literature is a moral or cultural enclave.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PR English literature | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Coetzee, J. M., 1940- -- Disgrace -- Criticism and interpretation, Education in literature | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Philosophy of Education | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0309-8249 | ||||||||
Official Date: | November 2019 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 52 | ||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 621-641 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/1467-9752.12326 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: WILLIAMS, E. (2018), Language's Grace: Redemption and Education in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 52: 627-641, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12326. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions." | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 January 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 March 2021 | ||||||||
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