Voicing the voiceless: unraveling the Master/Slave relationship in Nadine Gordimer's July's People
This article examines the Master/Slave relationship in Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People using stylistics. The novel is set in a village for the black people. July, the black servant, hides the white family, the Smales, from the black people. There has been a revolution against the white people and th...
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| description | This article examines the Master/Slave relationship in Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People using stylistics. The novel is set in a village for the black people. July, the black servant, hides the white family, the Smales, from the black people. There has been a revolution against the white people and their apartheid system. The novel traces July’s development in his relationship with the Smales. During the novel, we witness a major change in July’s attitude towards the Smales. The old Master/Slave relationship has changed drastically. July seizes the tools of power from the white family. In this article, I’m going to trace July’s development and how he has managed to shake the foundation of the Master/Slave relationship. Moreover, I’m going to follow a textual analysis of the novel using Michael Toolan’s analysis of conversation in fiction. His analysis will count for the changes that occur for July. |
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| spelling | upm-744132021-06-21T02:31:37Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74413/ Voicing the voiceless: unraveling the Master/Slave relationship in Nadine Gordimer's July's People Majeed, Abdulhameed A. Singh, Hardev Kaur Jujar This article examines the Master/Slave relationship in Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People using stylistics. The novel is set in a village for the black people. July, the black servant, hides the white family, the Smales, from the black people. There has been a revolution against the white people and their apartheid system. The novel traces July’s development in his relationship with the Smales. During the novel, we witness a major change in July’s attitude towards the Smales. The old Master/Slave relationship has changed drastically. July seizes the tools of power from the white family. In this article, I’m going to trace July’s development and how he has managed to shake the foundation of the Master/Slave relationship. Moreover, I’m going to follow a textual analysis of the novel using Michael Toolan’s analysis of conversation in fiction. His analysis will count for the changes that occur for July. International Institute for Science, Technology and Education 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74413/1/NADINE.pdf Majeed, Abdulhameed A. and Singh, Hardev Kaur Jujar (2018) Voicing the voiceless: unraveling the Master/Slave relationship in Nadine Gordimer's July's People. Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, 43. 35 - 39. ISSN 2422-8435 https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JLLL/article/view/41925 |
| spellingShingle | Majeed, Abdulhameed A. Singh, Hardev Kaur Jujar Voicing the voiceless: unraveling the Master/Slave relationship in Nadine Gordimer's July's People |
| title | Voicing the voiceless: unraveling the Master/Slave relationship in Nadine Gordimer's July's People |
| title_full | Voicing the voiceless: unraveling the Master/Slave relationship in Nadine Gordimer's July's People |
| title_fullStr | Voicing the voiceless: unraveling the Master/Slave relationship in Nadine Gordimer's July's People |
| title_full_unstemmed | Voicing the voiceless: unraveling the Master/Slave relationship in Nadine Gordimer's July's People |
| title_short | Voicing the voiceless: unraveling the Master/Slave relationship in Nadine Gordimer's July's People |
| title_sort | voicing the voiceless: unraveling the master/slave relationship in nadine gordimer's july's people |
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