VIOLENT TRANSITION IN NADINE GORDIMER THE HOUSE GUN
VIOLENT TRANSITION IN NADINE GORDIMER THE HOUSE GUN

Summary/Abstract: Traditional and modern societies have always been confronted with different forms of violence that reflect on both public and private life. Testimonies of violence are provided by oral or written literature, visual descriptions or mass-media coverage. This paper approaches the vast theme of violence in relation to Nadine Gordimer's novel, The House Gun from two perspectives: on the one hand, it analyses the violent process of transition of the post-Apartheid South African society and on the other, it focuses on the process of reconciliation with the violent past. Both perspectives will focus on the relationship between the vulnerable and the violent Other and on the way they shape the Gordimer's perception of the South African society.

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