A Critical Study of Nadine Gordimer’s “None to Accompany Me”

A Critical Study of Nadine Gordimer’s “None to Accompany Me”

Authors

  • Dr. Paresh N. Jotangiya

Abstract

The present paper focuses on Gordimer‟s middle stage of writing by examine her novel None to Accompany
Me (1994) in terms of their themes, characters, narrative techniques and to observe Gordimer‟s gradual
progress in her writing style, structure, technique, subject matter and suggesting a new personal interregnum.
This research paper elaborates the novel respectively to see how Gordimer‟s post-apartheid novels and this
seems to be very much a novel of the transition. In this novel Gordimer sets story in the transitional phase of
„negotiations‟ prior to South Africa‟s first democratic election. It represents a phase of increasing literary
self-consciousness.

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Published

10-08-2015

How to Cite

Dr. Paresh N. Jotangiya. (2015). A Critical Study of Nadine Gordimer’s “None to Accompany Me”. Vidhyayana - An International Multidisciplinary Peer-Reviewed E-Journal - ISSN 2454-8596, 1(1). Retrieved from https://vidhyayanaejournal.org/journal/article/view/137
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