ABSTRACT

Foe is written by John Maxwell Coetzee who is Afrikaner and is extremely concerned about the effects of colonization on South Africa. Foe, one of the post-colonial rewritings of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, making the oppressed female voice heard and rendering her freedom to argue with Crusoe and struggle for the right to speak for the colonial other, Friday, best exemplifies his critique of such problems as racial discrimination, gender discrimination and historical writing in South African contexts. This paper tries to analyze the novel Foe by dissecting female narrator Susan Barton, silenced black Friday, Cruso and Mr. Foe to reveal the brutal consequences of colonialism and highlight the importance of gender and racial equality.

Keywords: Post-colonialism; Foe; Rewriting; Subversion

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

摘要

Chapter One INTRODUCTION-1

Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW-3

Chapter Three An Introduction to Post-colonialism-6

Chapter Four Post-Colonial Rewriting of Robinson Crusoe-8

4.1Susan Barton: The Regained Female Voice-8

4.2 Friday: The Deafening Silence-10 

4. 3 Cruso: The Decline of the Western Hegemony-12

4. 4 Mr. Foe: The Questionable Authority of History-13

Chapter Five CONCLUSION-16

WORKS CITED-18