Deconstruction of Ethical Predicament in J. M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians

Waiting for the Barbarians is an allegorical novel by J. M. Coetzee, which tells a story of the confrontation of civilization and barbarism. The old Magistrate, as the main character of the novel is called, is a defender of the civilization of the Empire at the very beginning. He falls into the dil...

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Main Author: Huang Hui
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University of Tartu Press 2018-08-01
Series:Interlitteraria
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Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/IL/article/view/14213