International Journal of Science, Engineering and TechnologyProceeding Paper of the ICLLAP Conference
The Representation of Violence and Suffering in J M Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians
Authors- Rajesha H K, Dr Prem Shankar Pandey
Abstract- -The research article looks at the many ways in which violence and suffering are portrayed in the novel Waiting for the Barbarians, one of the early novels of J M Coetzee. The study explores the ways that Coetzee’s novel examines colonialism’s repercussions, power relationships, and human nature through its portrayal of violence and suffering and tries to shed light on the underlying social and psychological implications of violence and suffering in the context of imperialism by examining the characters, themes, and narrative devices used in the novel. The novel depicts the socio-political issues in the 1970s in South Africa due to the Black Consciousness Movement, the Soweto revolt, the death of Steve Biko, an important leader of the Black Consciousness Movement in police custody and the attention of international media on his death and condition of women and children in the patriarchal society.
