Abstract
This article analyzes, througha postcolonial perspective, the literary works Foeand Youth, both written by J. M. Coetzee. It problematizes the concept of mimicry as presented by Homi K. Bhabha in his essay “Of mimicry and man: The ambivalenceof colonial discourse”. Analyzing the actions of the characters John and Friday, it becomes possible to perceive how they resort to strategies of mimicry and attempt to resist Western discourses of power. Consequently, they present themselves as disruptiveand subversivein a cultural space traditionally imbedded with colonial authority.
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