Motherhood and Identity Crisis in Coetzees Foe

Name of Author : Dr. Mantha Padmabandhavi Prakashrao

Abstract: J.M.Coetzee, a Booker Prize winner and a Noble Prize Awardee is one of the eminent writers of South Africa. J. M. Coetzees Foe is considered as a rewriting of Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe. But, Coetzees Foe has been narrated by the female protagonist and narrator of the story, Susan Barton, a Castaway. Susans quest for her Identity as a woman, her humanitarian approach towards a Negro boy, evinces her motherly and caring attitude as a woman. Her struggle for the survival in the Island and her experience with Cruso, an English castaway, depict her quest for her identity.

Keywords : Motherhood, Humanity, Identity, Survival and Castaway.

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