Why is J.M. Coetzee a great writer?

Professor Peter McDonald gives a talk on J.M. Coetzee. He considers passages from Foe (1986) and Disgrace (1999) to highlight Coetzee's linguistic disruptiveness that might be considered traits of postmodern or post-colonial writing. In these close readings, Professor McDonald demonstrates, in just a few words, why J.M. Coetzee is a great writer worth studying. Find more like this at: http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ This content is placed under a Creative Commons licence and is free for reuse, remixing and redistribution in education worldwide (BY-NC-SA).