Study Guide to Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee - Softcover

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Ray Moore’s Study Guides aim to provide readers with insights into important texts, so that readers can develop their own ideas about the novel.

Disgrace is a novel by Nobel Prize Winning author J. M. Coetzee. It traces the mid-life crisis of Professor David Lurie following his expulsion from the university for sexual misconduct. Lurie’s search for his own identity takes place in the context of a post-apartheid South Africa trying to come to terms with its racist past.

This guide offers the reader insight into Coetzee’s ability to tell multiple stories which intertwine and interact.
Includes:

• An introduction;
• A detailed discussion of characters, genre, narrative voice, and themes;
• A detailed chapter-by-chapter commentary, with helpful explanatory notes, and guiding questions that suggest topics for further discussion and thought;
• A graphic organizer that allows the reader to make notes;
• A glossary of relevant literary terms;
• A literary terms activity;
• Suggestions for group discussion and post-reading activities.

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