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Allegorical Interpretations of Gardening in J.M. Coetzee’s
Life & Times of Michael K

Dr. T. Deivasigamani and A. Saravanan


Abstract

The South African Nobel Laureate John Maxwell Coetzee is a unique white writer. His works deal with South African people and their life style. He supports the freedom of gardening with allegorical interpretations and symbols through his novel Life & Times of Michael K. This paper argues that J.M. Coetzee’s work asserts the dignity and central position of gardening in the universe. It shows how non-white people were treated by white people using a political system of Apartheid and how non-white people overcame the atrocities, oppressions, and harassment.

Keywords: Life & Times of Michael K, Gardening, Universe, Political System, Atrocities, Allegorical interpretation.

Introduction

John Maxwell Coetzee is an outstanding, famous, prolific, unique, and a prominent South African writer. He was born in South Africa. Later on he became an Australian citizen. He is an essayist, linguist, novelist, literary criticizer, vocalist, and translator. He was honoured with many prestigious literary awards including the Nobel Prize in 2003 in literature. His novel Life & Times of Michael K is placed in Booker Prize Winners list in literature in 1999. J.M. Coetzee’s writings often centre around the South African non-white people, who were ruled by systems of apartheid. His writings mirrored the realities of South African life. The novel has been divided into three parts, the first and third parts are narrated by an omniscient narrator, remaining second part is narrated by a Medical Officer (a doctor). J.M. Coetzee’s novel takes place in South Africa during a civil war from the 1970s to 1980s.

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Dr. T. Deivasigamani
Assistant Professor of English
Department of English
Annamalai University
Annamalainagar
Tamilnadu
India
drtdenglishau@gmail.com

A. Saravanan
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Department of English
Annamalai University

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