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1、ThePoliticsofShameandRedemptioninJ.M.CoetzeesDisgraceSueKossewUniversityofNewSouthWales[C]rimes,whatevertheirnature,aremoreimpressive,more,asitwere,picturesque,themorebloodandthemorehorror.Buttherearecrimesthatareshamefulanddisgracefulquiteapartfromthehorror,c
2、rimesthatare,asitwere,alittletooinelegant....FyodorDostoevsky,ThePossessed1nbothJ.M.CoetzeesBookerPrize-winningnovelDisgrace(1999)IandAndréBrinksTheRightsofDesire(2000),amiddle-agedoroldermaleprotagonist(CoetzeesDavidLurieis52;BrinksRubenOlivieris65)haswhatmig
3、htbeseenasafinalfling(or,inDavidLuriesRomanticversion,alastleapoftheflameofsensebeforeitgoesout27)viaarelationshipwithamuchyoungerwomaninbothcases,auniversitystu-dentandfaceslife-changingdecisionsaboutwork,life,andethics.BrinksnoveltakesupaphrasefromDisgraceDavid
4、swordstohisdaughter,Lucy:IrestmycaseontherightsofdesireandusesthemtoexploreRubensrighttobefrustrated,tobedeniedinhissexlife,hissocialinteraction,andhisplacewithinpostapartheidSouthAfricaasadisplacedAfrikaanslibrarian.Coetzeesnovel,however,isaboutmuchmorethanth
5、israthernarrowreadingofdesireanditisonthisnovelratherthanBrinksthatIwillconcentrate.Disgraceisacomplexexplorationofthecollisionbetweenprivateandpublicworlds;intellectandbody;desireandlove;andpublicdisgraceorshameandtheideaofindividualgraceorsalvation.Setinarec
6、ognizablypostapartheidSouthAfrica,itisalsoconcernedwithwhatDavidAttwellandBarbaraHarlowhavecalledtherefashioningofidenti-tiescaughtbetweenstasisandchange(seeAttwellandHarlow).Thispaperwillexploresomeoftheseaspectsofthenovel.Thereisaclearthematicconnectioninthi
7、stextwiththenovelsofDos-toevsky,aconnectionCoetzeehasexploredpreviouslyinhis1994novelTheMasterofPetersburg,particularlyintermsoftheprotagonistlearningtolovebyhumblinghimselfandbycomingtotermswithviolenceanddeath.InDisgrace,thisoccursboththroughatragicpersonale
8、ncounterwithviolenceandthroughDavidsvolunteerworkatananimalclinic.Coetzeesnovelalsoresonateswiththenationalpublicspectacleofshame,confession,andforgivenessthatwastheTruthandReconci
