THE POSTCOLONIAL VOICE OF A COLONIAL WRITER: RUDYARD KIPLING’S KIM
THE POSTCOLONIAL VOICE OF A COLONIAL WRITER: RUDYARD KIPLING’S KIM
Author(s): Patricia-Dorli DumescuSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: ambivalence; cultural stereotypes; hybridity; in-betweenness; mimicry
Summary/Abstract: Rudyard Kipling’s novel Kim is mainly regarded as the work of a colonizer, dealing with a traditional perception of “the Other”. The present paper attempts to read Kipling’s novel from a postcolonial perspective, proving that the author deals with the issue of identity in the flexible manner of the postcolonial discourse, thus transgressing the colonial view of the world.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 117-128
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English