SOUTH AFRICA INSIDE OF COETZEE'S REMINISCENCES

From " , this work tries to create a dialogue with the aspects of South African society presents in the narrative Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life" of J. M. Coetzee. Through the way the events were organized and exposed in the narrative, we emphasize the construction of memory as a base element of this writing, and we'll analyze other points about the past events. Gender and race were two highlighted markers for the search for the world look of a character that in part constitutes the author's life, and in the guides on sociocultural paths fought in times lived, remembered and recorded.