ENG 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Red, Nadine Gordimer, Soweto Uprising

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1120
• Professor: Breid Mc Ilkenny

Document Summary

Born in south africa to jewish parents, but was an atheist. Member of the anc (while it was illegal) Most of her writing is concerned with the political situation in sa. African national congress, formed by black people in 1912. In 1948 the right wing national party won a substantial electoral victory. 1989 de kleck admits the failure of apartheid. Focuses on the shifting hierarchy of relationships to expose the transformations that take place. Epigraph: written by a founding member of the italian communist party, who was imprisoned by mussolini. Smales (& their relationship with july) are the microcosm. Godimer novel is about what happens during the revolution, not after. The smales on their treatment of july. Even though july is no longer their servant (is now their host), he is still enacting the role of the servant. Maureen dwells on her childhood to comfort herself. Car journey is a metaphor for the turmoil in the rest of the country.