الفهرس 
A Colonial reading of The Lying DaysOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The gradual ideological development of Nadine Gordimer
toward ”the other” through her historical and social consciousness
during and after apartheid is the thesis’ aim. The thesis proves this
through drawing a comparison between her portrayals of ”the other”
in three of her novels. At the beginning, Gordimer represents the
blacks like Caliban in The Tempest or Friday in Robinson Crusoe; a
representation that she refutes as she moves the blacks to the center
which allows her to go deep inside their feelings, problems, needs
and conflicts. The thesis also clarifies Gordimer’s acknowledgment
that racism, one side of colonialism, has its impact on other nations;
the Arabs. She concludes that both the blacks and the Arabs, as
being othered, suffer from identity crisis that highlights their
rejection of their land, language and heritage. The thesis supports its
analytical study through various literary theories specialized in the
unequal relationship between the oppressor and the oppressed. The
thesis explains in a logical way that as racism deforms the
relationship between ”the self” and ”the other”, it also deforms the
woman figure from all races. To explain, it puts women in certain
stereotypes: white women are weak and obedient wives and mothers,
black women are servants satisfying their white masters’ instincts,
and Arab women are ignorant and their place is the harem palace.
Gordimer’s attempt to break these stereotypes proves her ideological
development, since she discovers that the concepts of colonial
ideology upon which she was raised are a big lie that deforms the
world. Her updated ideology allows her to DROP all the masks to
show the ugly face of racism through her portrayals of ”the other”
and women as well. In general the thesis highlights the success and
the failure of her characters to adopt and mix with ”the other”, as
well as their reason. The thesis also analyzes Gordimer’s adoption of
a pessimistic or optimistic view in each of her novels.