20.500.12556/DKUM-55136 Hybridity and Mimicry in V. S. Naipaul The Mimic Men Hibridnost in mimikrija v romanu Posnemovalci avtorja V. S. Naipaula This graduation thesis explores the themes of hybridity and mimicry in V. S. Naipaul’s novel The Mimic Men within the categories of displacement, race, identity, culture, and religion. During colonialism, different cultures in contact affecting each other became hybridized. Hybridity was comprehended as various abhorrent discriminatory practices of the colonial rule, which were implemented in order to fortify the superiority of the West and to preserve the notions of a hierarchy of cultures. One of the strategies was creation of mimic men, who while mimicking English manners, morals and values would still be in a less worthy position because of their origin. However, mimicry carries its doubleness seen as a form of social control as well as a doubt in presented reality and represents a turning-point, a threat to authenticity, uniqueness and supremacy of colonizer and dominant culture. The novel mirrors the influence of the colonial rule on the formation of the protagonist’s hybrid identity and his mimicry. Diplomska naloga obravnava temi hibridnosti in mimikrije v romanu Posnemovalci V. S. Naipaula znotraj kategorij razseljenosti, rase, identitete, kulture in religije. Stik različnih kultur in njihov medsebojni vpliv v času kolonializma je privedel do njihove hibridnosti. Hibridnost je bila zajeta v različne oblike diskriminacije, ki jih je kolonialna vladavina izvajala, da bi utrdila superiornost Zahoda ter ohranila prepričanje o hierarhiji kultur. Ena od strategij je bila ustvarjanje posnemovalcev, ki bi posnemali angleške manire, moralo in vrednote, a bi bili še vedno manjvredni zaradi svojega izvora. Vendar nosi mimikrija kot strategija kolonialne vladavine v sebi dvojnost, ta se kaže kot oblika socialnega nadzora in kot dvom koloniziranega o predstavljeni realnosti. Mimikrija predstavlja točko preobrata, grožnjo avtentičnosti, edinstvenosti ter prevladi kolonizatorja in dominantne kulture. V Naipaulovem romanu Posnemovalci se zrcali vpliv kolonialne vladavine na izoblikovanje protagonistove hibridne identitete ter njegove mimikrije. colonialism hybridity mimicry V. S. Naipaul kolonializem hibridnost mimikrija V. S. Naipaul true true false [T. Zagorc] Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Diplomsko delo 2015-09-29 17:28:59 2015-11-12 13:48:44 2022-06-08 03:10:41 2021-05-13 03:35:25 2015 0 Maribor 0 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 821.111(729.871).09-311.2(043.2) 21706248 URN:SI:UM:DK:0PI0YQGK UN_Zagorc_Tatjana_2015.pdf UN_Zagorc_Tatjana_2015.pdf 1 9145BDE9AFB6D562A96674433B8D9FF5 6fef842eb0a7f15edc21a2085f92d933b0ed52e76da9897ef496bc25eca71940 c62ab2b0-7c0b-11eb-bb7a-00155d0001ca https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=82111 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0