The Diaspora Other

J. M. Coetzee (1940 - ) is a famous contemporary novelist of South Africa, the winner of Nobel Prize of literature in 2003. As an immigrant writer with mixed cultural identity in contemporary world literature, Coetzee suffered from cultural recognition crisis when he was young. Then he experienced the diaspora course of South Africa—United Kingdom—America—South Africa—Australia after adult. This experience of rootless wandering has led to the formation of his cultural identity of world citizens and multi-cultural vision. It also makes him advocate transposition thinking and exceed black / white and other binary opposition thinking mode from the rich characteristics of his"other"position. He pays attention to all the"others"who are in weak positions, and creates a series of intrinsic rich literary works. This paper intends to analyze the cultural identity of Coetzee as a diaspora writer and the"others"in his works. It also discusses the significance of Coetzee and his creations in the context of globalization.This paper is divided into four parts:Introduction: Introduce the life and creations of Coetzee and card the present study situation at home and abroad. Then proceed to put forward the problems and significance of the study.Part One: This part is mainly about the writer. It discusses the problem of diaspora other of Coetzee from the perspective of diaspora literature and cultural identity. Analyze the lost of cultural identity of Coetzee because of his immigrant identity and the mixed cultural identity after adult because of his diaspora experience. These make him have the feeling of a marginal and an outsider. However, as a rootless wandering "other" and a diaspora writer, Coetzee also obtains a multi-cultural vision that is difficult to copy. This impels him to create a series of intrinsic rich literary works.Part Two: This part is mainly about Coetzee's works. Taking the keyword the"other"as a cut, this part makes a detailed interpretation to the works of Coetzee. The diaspora experience and cultural identity of uncertainty of Coetzee have led to his"other"feeling, then it causes him to concern all the"others"who are in a weak position.This part analyzes the world of the"other"in his works, taking his three representative novels as center. First, Waiting for the Barbarians—who are the barbarians? From the perspective of the construction of colonial discourse, analyze how the alien tribes at empire border are otherized under the power discourse and torture of the empire colonists. Second, Foe—the silent other. From the perspective of"writing back"of post-colonial criticism, analyze the silent"other"image of the black slave Friday, and how he uses his silence to resist the oppression of strong power discourse. Third, Disgrace—the dislocation of the subject and the other. From the perspective of the special times background—post-apartheid in South Africa, it thinks that this novel profoundly reflects the contradiction of dualism, resentment and dislocation which are caused by the status changes of the white and the black, the subject and the other on the level of history and reality.Coetzee also promotes a pluralistic and harmonious new type of relationship of the future through the story of Lucy and the image molding of her.Conclusion: Multi-cultural vision makes diaspora (immigrant) writers in a special status. The rootless wandering and diaspora writing of Coetzee have great significance in the context of globalization. The diaspora literature and the problem of the other is the new topic of front line in the context of globalization.