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Town and Country Lovers Study Guide

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by Nadine Gordimer
About 49 pages (14,740 words)
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Critical Essay #1

Bussey holds a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies and a bachelor's degree in English literature. She is an independent writer specializing in literature. In the following essay, Bussey explores the feminist aspect of Gordimer's short story and determines that the story's female characters represent a call for female empowerment in apartheid-era South Africa.

In "Town and Country Lovers," Gordimer sets up two dichotomies. The first is suggested in the title; there are two stories in two settings, both presenting interracial love affairs. The other dichotomy is between the men and women in the stories. The men are both members of the white ruling class, and the women are a black and a colored African living under apartheid. While the women are portrayed as fully formed characters with individual backgrounds and qualities, they represent the limitations, both.....

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