Representation of Africa in post-colonial Anglophone writings: V. S. Naipaul, Chinua Achebe and J. M. Coetzee
This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English, 2014.
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10361-33222019-09-30T04:19:43Z Representation of Africa in post-colonial Anglophone writings: V. S. Naipaul, Chinua Achebe and J. M. Coetzee Chowdhury, Md. Shafiul Alam Khan Azim, Firdous English and humanities This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English, 2014. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (page 82-87). Post-colonialism and post-modernism are literary movements that can be viewed together. In this context post-colonial Anglo-phone literature about Africa is written from different points of view by post-colonial writers like Chinua Achebe, V. S. Naipaul and J. M. Coetzee. All of them represent Africa as a hybrid and complex society. Their treatment of Africa is different from each other. Naipaul carries on traditional orientalist discourse while Achebe propagates a counter discourse in representing Africa. In both writers periphery becomes the focus of their representation; however they portray different concepts of Africa. J. M. Coetzee opens a new face of representation where he blends post-colonial phenomena with the techniques of post-modern writing. He renounces the authorial point of view to empower the language of narrative, showing that language is autonomous and rather than using it as a means to establish any particular ideology, it is interpreted by the reader to resolve the question of interpretation. Md. Shafiul Alam Khan Chowdhury 2014-06-23T06:27:29Z 2014-06-23T06:27:29Z 2014 2014-04 Thesis ID 11163008 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/3322 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. 91 pages application/pdf BRAC University |
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This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English, 2014. |
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