Cycnos | Volume 34.3 - Nadine Gordimer, Jump and other stories : parcours critiques | III. La question des codes et des langages

Résumé :

International audience

This paper offers a close reading of several stories included in Jump and Other Staries, concentrating on the main imagery used by Gordimer to elucidate the movement taking place along the stories. In particular, it seeks to show how pieces of garment serve as metaphors for the paths chosen by the different protagonists and the cultural and social institutions whose conventions they practice. A focus will be placed on the various institutions referred to throughout these stories, e.g., marriage, prison, holiday, parenthood, home, religion, which are poetically hinted at by means of clothing items and accessories, ranging from trousers and a warm coat to an old doek.

Mots-clés : Nadine Gordimer-Jump- clothes - social institutions - social mobility - short story -journey

Date de publication : 2018-11