Abstract
The novels of J.M. Coetzee, South African novelist, have always been a source of inspiration for both readers and critics. A distinctive feature of his writing is the ability to converse with a wide range of disciplines amongst which is the scientific field stands distinguishingly appealing. This paper will explore the use of cosmology terminology to see its underpinnings in J.M Coetzee’s fiction as well as in Derek Attridge’s insightful criticisms. The gravitational velocity of J.M Coetzee’s fiction stems from his text’s singularity. Singularity remains Coetzee’s hallmark to engage with ethics and politics of otherness. The deconstruction of the simplistic and the normative comprehensions of post-apartheid establishes Coetzee’s singularity as his ethical defense of the singularity of literature on a large scale.
Highlights
Metaphors play a crucial role in the production of knowledge as they permit people to concretize the relations between abstract concepts and everyday experiences
Metaphors commute between the scientific and the literary worlds to carry connotations and to guarantee the flexibility of interdisciplinary fields of human knowledge. It is the objective of this paper to examine the generative potential of metaphorical concepts such as black holes and singularity in their relation to our understanding of J.M Coetzee’s ethical defense of the singularity of literature
It is to trust in the unpredictability of reading, its openness to the future.”[24]. It is, the same unpredictability that marks the dense singularity of a black hole somewhere in the universe
Summary
Metaphors play a crucial role in the production of knowledge as they permit people to concretize the relations between abstract concepts and everyday experiences. Scientists, scholars and philosophers thoughtfully consider the importance of metaphors in communicating hard ideas. Despite their limits and the possible problems resulting from their misunderstanding, metaphors help in the development of hypotheses and in the interpretation of results. Metaphors commute between the scientific and the literary worlds to carry connotations and to guarantee the flexibility of interdisciplinary fields of human knowledge. It is the objective of this paper to examine the generative potential of metaphorical concepts such as black holes and singularity in their relation to our understanding of J.M Coetzee’s ethical defense of the singularity of literature
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