| Title: | EAST AND WEST IN R.P. JHABVALA'S HEAT AND DUST |
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| Authors: | ID Grča, Andreja (Author)
ID Gadpaille, Michelle (Mentor) More about this mentor...  |
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| Files: |  UNI_Grca_Andreja_2013.pdf (347,96 KB)
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Undergraduate thesis |
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| Typology: | 2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis |
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| Organization: | FF - Faculty of Arts
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| Abstract: | The aim of this diploma paper is to analyze the dynamic of East and West encounter and the problems that ensue when the cultures of East and West meet in the novel Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The author is a westerner, who lived in India for the most part of her adult life and therefore had a unique position of insider – outsider. She is able to observe the dynamic from a detached point of view. She uses orientalist discourse that puts West above East, but because Jhabvala uses irony, she mocks this kind of attitude and this classifies the text as post-colonial. Within this dynamic, I also explored the relationship between men and women, as well as women in India. The relationships in the novel can not prosper because of the cultural differences, supporting the Forsterian idea that East and West can never be friends. Another aim of this diploma is to explore the background of orientalist discourse as explained by Edward Said in his book Orientalism. Said explains the development of orientalism and how the orientalist discourse feeds it. |
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| Keywords: | Orientalism, post-colonialism, irony, East and West, India |
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| Place of publishing: | Maribor |
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| Publisher: | [A. Grča] |
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| Year of publishing: | 2013 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-41519 |
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| UDC: | 821.111(540) |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 20073480 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UM:DK:YXN6Y0XF |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 25.09.2013 |
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| Downloads: | 172 |
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| Categories: | FF
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