The “I” as Implicated Subject: Performative Confession in Rian Malan’s My Traitor’s Heart

Confessional forms of autobiographical writing have predominated in post-apartheid South African literary studies. This paper discusses Rian Malan’s My Traitor’s Heart, published in 1990 during drastic social and political changes in South Africa’s transition to democracy. It was one of the first an...

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Published in:	Humanities (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 4; p. 90
Main Author:	Moon, Jihie
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2024
Subjects:	Apartheid Autobiographies confessional narrative Confessions Culture Identity formation Identity politics My Traitor’s Heart Narratives performativity politics of identity Post-apartheid era Postcolonialism Reconciliation Rian Malan South African literature Writing New York South Africa United Kingdom
ISSN:	2076-0787, 2076-0787
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