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BY NADINE
GORDIMER
SOFFEATUL RAUNAQIAH BINTI MOHAMAD RAHIM
SALIHAH BINTI MOHD RUSDI
NURUL ATIQAH BINTI RAHMAT
NUR SYAMILA IZZATI BINTI AZHAR
PLOT
Nadine Gordimer explores the theme of defying
oppression through the use of characterization,
setting, and tone in the short story "Africa
Emergent".
Elias Nkomo, had quite a good life in Africa as a
sculptor, he had his works recognized, but he was
oppressed in by the laws.
So, went to America in the hope of getting himself
general education and freeing himself from the
oppression he had in Africa.
Unfortunately, he was still affected by the
oppression he had in Africa.
Characters
Characters
Narrator
Elias Nkomo
Nameless black man
Setting
Africa
America
Character : Narrator
White male
Architect
Began integrating with Blacks when he was a
student.
Met Blacks via the White Students Voluntary Service
organisation became disillusioned because he
believed the work they were doing should be done by
government for Black communities.
Met Blacks then out drinking with Black jazz
musicians.
Designed sets for mixed-race drama group, started by
White man.
Character : Elias
Black African - Zulu
Was a sculptor.
The goat-like creature he shows the narrator
reminds the white man of Picassos goats.
Used to live in the slums of Johannesburg an
urban slum kid.
Also been in the bush to undergo Zulu initiation
rites.
Likes company found it difficult to work in the
silence of the workshop Elias didnt like the
loneliness of work.
What is political
criticism?
Political criticism(also referred to
aspolitical
commentaryorpolitical
discussion) iscriticismthat is specific
of or relevant
topolitics,includingpolicies,politicians
,political parties, and types
ofgovernment.
EVIDENCES OF POLITICAL
ISSUES AND POLITICAL
INEQUALITIES IN THE SHORT
STORY.
POLITICAL LITERARY
CRITICISM
MAJOR THEMES
Racial injustice
- The inability to see that even someone who looks, and talks, and
acts very different from oneself is fundamentally the same as every
other human being.
- Regardless of race, everybody have their own rights and feelings
that must be considered.
Political injustice (Law)
- Implementation of law is unfair, executing laws according to ones
race.
Social snobbery
- Not being friends with someone due to their race.
MINOR THEMES
Sympathy (or lack of it) for the misfits of society
THE
END