This  study  was  conducted  to  highlight  the  reconstruction  of  South  Africans  identity which  was  formulated  through  resistance  from  the  perspective  of  J.M.  Coetzee,  a  novelist.  This  study  addressed  the  research  questions  that  examined  the  impact  of  colonialism on the  black  South  Africans  identity based  on  the  selected  novels  by  J.M.  Coetzee and how he portrayed the idea of resistance and identity reconstruction through his   fictional characters.  The  data  was collected  from a  critical analysis of five  selected novels  employing  the postcolonial concepts,  identity, and  resistance. The  Post-Colonial Theory  was   employed  to  critically  analyse  the  characters  which  reflect  the  concept  of identity and  resistance. The analysis was conducted on the characters′ acts, actions, and the setting, in  particular in South Africa during the apartheid (1.....

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In Waiting for the Barbarians (1980), J. M. Coetzee cross examines the points of interest of grand states by significance the distinctions from the savages that the strange Empire keeps up. The Empire characterizes itself and strengthens its personality by developing a separation from the brutes on numerous grounds. It keeps up state foundations and keeps records, since itself as a cutting edge express, an advanced story of "crude" brutes. Coetzee's tale uncovered the Empire's tricky endeavors at setting up the other and its confounded ideas of state building. In spite of the fact that the basic elucidations of the novel spotlight on mistreat and the body, this article breaks down the novel's inclusion with royal state building and patriotism. Torment and the body are significant to the extent that they uncover the Empire's endeavors to distinguish it and construct a country. The Empire's disappointment in the greater part of these compliments?as suggested by the end with the Empire do.....

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