LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 17:5 May 2017
ISSN 1930-2940

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Gordimer’s Once Upon a Time:
A Tale of the Disastrous Legacy of Apartheid in South Africa

Dr. Divija Kumari, M.A. English, U.G.C. NET, Ph.D.


Abstract

The Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer has written numerous novels, essays and short-stories on the South-African way of life. Through her works, she has not only highlighted the plight of the black and coloured people living in South Africa, during Apartheid, but she has also underlined the predicament of the white liberals in South Africa, who existed in a very small number, in the country. Her works were much preoccupied with the political, social, cultural and psychological impacts of power during Apartheid, that people often wondered, what her subject matter would be, when apartheid will eventually come to an end. But Gordimer has chosen other themes and has proved that the end of the Apartheid era by no means brings an end to her vocation as a writer. She has opted new themes that concern life, death, insecurities, fatal diseases and many other.

But the most interesting part of her writing during the apartheid regime, towards the end of it and after the end of it, has been her skill to delve deep into the psychology of people, irrespective of their class, colour and gender. It is this very insight, this very observation and this very understanding of human nature which makes her stand above the rest and makes her one of the greatest writers of the world. This paper attempts to look into that ability of Nadine Gordimer to look deep into the psychology of people, paying particular attention to “Once Upon A Time”.

Keywords: Apartheid, South Africa, Once Upon A Time, Nadine Gordimer, racial struggle

Gordimer’s Writings

Gordimer has very keenly observed the nuances of the shifting of power from Whites to Blacks towards the late 1980’s. Through her writings, Gordimer has always been a champion of the blacks. But at the same time, her keen observation does not fail to see, how insecure the whites feel, when they are robbed of the power – which they used to enjoy over the majority of blacks.

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Dr. Divija Kumari, M.A. English, U.G.C. NET, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Government P.G. College
Rajgarh Rd, B&R Colony
Haryana Agricultural University
Hisar 125001
Haryana
India
divija_kumari@yahoo.in
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