• Prasenjit Kumar Ghosh

J.M Coetzee’s novel Disgrace delineates the socio-political aspects of South Africa. It deals with the situation of the time and focuses on the prevalent issues such as racial conflict, violence, crime, torture, role reversal and power struggle. The end of apartheid brought a massive change in the equilibrium of the society; turned the society upside down. The hegemonic group lost control over the suppressed and at the same time the subjugated became powerful. The exploited group used the power to take revenge against the white community who in the post apartheid era became powerless. David Lurie, the protagonist who once was of a high profiled became a dog man at the end and at the same time, Lucy being raped brutally. This paper will try to focus on the role of power and the power struggle by both community of people in Africa. It will try to analyse the text applying theory of Newton’s second Law, Social Darwinism and through the critical lens of post colonialism.

Identity Shift and Power Struggle: Transition of Africa in Disgrace

"Identity Shift and Power Struggle: Transition of Africa in Disgrace", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no.b174-b183, May-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205124.pdf

"Identity Shift and Power Struggle: Transition of Africa in Disgrace", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no. ppb174-b183, May-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205124.pdf