Disgrace of Stereotypical Ambivalence： A Postcolonial Perspective on J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace.docVIP

Disgrace of Stereotypical Ambivalence： A Postcolonial Perspective on J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace 　　[a]　College　of　Foreign　Languages，　Chongqing　Jiaotong　University，　Chongqing　400074，　China. 　　*　Corresponding　author. 　　Received　11　October　2012；　accepted　19　December　2012 　　Abstract 　　The　study　is　an　attempt　to　clarify　the　thematic　misgivings　J.　M.　Coetzee’s　Booker　Prize　winning　novel　Dtagonist　David　Lurie，　his　stereotypical　ambivalence　and　his　disgrace，　so　as　to　reveal　that　under　Coetzee’s　lucid　and　evasive　language，　ends　to　disclose　the　secret　of　disgrace　for　the　whites　in　the　new　South　Africa　after　the　collapse　of　the　apartheid　system. 　　Key　words：　David　Lurie；　Disgrace；　Stereotypical　ambivalence 　　WANG　Min，　TANG　Xiaoyan　（2012）.　Disgrace　of　Stereotypical　Ambivalence：　A　Postcolonial　Perspective　on　J.　M.　Coetzee’s　Disgrace.　Studies　in　Literature　and　Language，　5（3），　-0.　Available　from：　http：///index.php/sll/article/view/j.sll.1923156320120503.1116 　　DOI：　http：///10.3968/j.sll.1923156320120503.1116 　　INTRODUCTION 　　The　novel　Disgrace，　published　in　1999，　is　J.　M.　Coetzee’s　first　novel　about　the　post-apartheid　South　Africa.　Unlike　his　previous　novels，　which　are　devoted　to　the　condemnation　of　the　apartheid　system，　for　it　has　become　a　thing　of　the　past　after　the　disintegration　of　white　supremacy　in　1994，　this　novel　focuses　more　on　the　disgrace　of　the　whites　in　the　new　South　Africa　when　they　have　lost　their　power. 　　It　mainly　investigates　the　consequences　of　white　South　African　disempowerment　on　individuals.　As　is　pointed　out　by　Charles　Sarvan，　Disgrace　“can　be　read　as　a　political　text，　munity　in　South　Africa　and　with　some　of　the　choices　available　to　them.”　（Charles，　2004，　p.　26）.　Three　types　of　whites　are　characterized　in　the　novel：　David　Lurie，　tagonist，　his　daughter　Lucy　and　Lucy’s　neighbor　Ettinger. 　　Lucy　is　a　quite　open-minded　person.　She　owns　a　farm　in　the　countryside　of　Eastern　Cape　and　lives　peacefully　with　her　black　neighbors.　Bpletely.　Three　blacks　rob