The futile struggle for self-determination in Naipaul's protagonists
This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2013.
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10361-27622019-09-30T04:19:45Z The futile struggle for self-determination in Naipaul's protagonists Noor, Samira Alam, Sharlene Nisha Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University English and humanities This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2013. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (page 65-66). The paper is an attempt to study V.S. Naipaul’s The Mimic Men, Guerrillas and A Bend in the River through the lenses of some of the most prominent postcolonial thinkers like Frantz Fanon, Homi K. Bhabha , Simon Gikandi and Edward Said. It is an effort to compile and put forward the essential dichotomies marking the lives of the colonial subject (the men of color) due to the long tortured absurdity of the so-called civilizing mission of the West and the ambiguity of the ‘post-colonial’ world. Needless to mention NgugiwaThiong’o who explains the trauma of colonial education which is responsible for developing the colonial ideology. Apart from the study of the social, economic and political dilemmas in the post-colonial world, the colonial hangover that resulted in a distorted psyche of the colonial figure cannot be overlooked. In fact the psychological disorders were greater than the physical subjugation of these people. Living a life of ambivalence the lives of the natives are trapped ‘in-betweenness’ and ‘halfness’. Contradictions between ‘self’ and ‘other’, mimicking tendency, alienation, homelessness and the abandonment-neurotic are some of the major concepts that dominate the focus of the paper. Moreover embracing borrowed culture, language and life-style in a vain hope to decolonize them-selves ultimately throws them into the ever-prevailing, ever-tormenting wretchedness which has already been destined for them. Finally this research paper intends to question the authenticity of the term ‘decolonization’ dismissing the concept as vague and a mission impossible to achieve. Samira Noor B.A. in English 2013-11-20T05:47:22Z 2013-11-20T05:47:22Z 2013 2013-08 Thesis ID 11103029 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/2762 en BRAC University thesis reports are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. 71 pages application/pdf BRAC University |
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