ABSTRACT J. M. Coetzee’s activities lecturing English in the University of Cape Town have received relatively little examination. Drawing on unpublished letters to and from Coetzee, this article examines the reasons for his criticism of the English Department during the 1970s and 1980s. It suggests that the reasons for Coetzee’s dissatisfaction stemmed in part from his background in the American academy as the values of intellectual ferment, diversity, and research drive he had found in Texas and Buffalo were lacking in the vision for the English Department held by Professor David Gillham. Though Gillham purported to represent studying literature as an overwhelmingly moral activity, Coetzee’s critique was of the failure of intellectuals to carry out their moral duty to do research and teach effectively.

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JM Coetzee和开普敦大学英语系

摘要JM Coetzee在开普敦大学讲英语的活动很少受到检查。本文利用库切（Coetzee）来往的来信未发表的内容，考察了他批评1970年代和1980年代英语系的原因。这表明库切之所以不满意的原因，部分原因是他在美国学院的背景，因为他在德克萨斯州和布法罗市发现的智力发酵，多样性和研究驱动力的价值缺乏戴维教授对英语系的愿景。吉勒姆。尽管吉拉姆声称将研究文学表现为压倒性的道德活动，但库切的批评是知识分子未能履行其道德义务进行有效的研究和教学。