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    Individual guilt and collective memory in J.M. coetzee’s disgrace
    (2016) Bhattarai, Megha Prasad; Hemlal Pandey
    This present study explores individual guilt and collective memory of the disgracefulhistory of South Africa of white.The researcher basically explores the conscious or sub-conscious minds of whites who seek redemption for the sinful acts done in the past towards the blacks. Coetzee’s Disgraceis a representative story of Post-apartheid South Africa where people, basically whites, are facing the outcomes of colonialism and apartheid rule. The novel presents story of David Lurie, a middle aged whiteSouth African college professor and his daughter; Lucy Lurie. Presenting Lurie who was once a member of privileged ruling group and has now lost all his powers and positions, Coetzee is trying to show the political, social as well as psychological changes among people of South Africa.Lurie’s broken relationship, his perspective towards women, mostly black and his view towards life is shown to be changed. Ms. Lucy who becomes victim of criminal as sault by some blacksis not willing to claim for justice but accepts everything silently and seeks refuge in the society of her attackers. By showing this Coetzee has exposed the deeper psychology of whites that they are suffering for what they (individually) and their ancestors (collectively) have done to the blacks in the past and their silent acceptance of the same as a way to seekredemption.Library consultation and review of literature methods have been used for performing this research work. Similarly post-apartheid and post colonialism theoretical approachesare applied for the analysis of the topic.