CHINUA ACHEBE’S AFRICAN TRILOGY AND THE DUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE OHER
CHINUA ACHEBE’S AFRICAN TRILOGY AND THE DUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE OHER
Author(s): Cristina Chifane, LIVIU-AUGUSTIN CHIFANESubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: imperial discourse;O/other;othering;postcolonial literature;postcolonial theory;
Summary/Abstract: Folowing Lacan’s distinction between the other, defining the identity of theself, and the great Other, in whose gaze the subject gains identity, this article analysesthe consequences of such a differentiation in postcolonial theory and literature. Tothis purpose, the authors resort to Spivak’s understanding of the dialectal process ofothering in order to examine the consequences of the double misrepresentation of theO/other, leading to the rather pathetic failure of Chinua Achebe’s characters in thenovels belonging to his African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart (1958), No Longer at Ease(1960) and Arrow of God (1964).
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 24/2018
- Issue No: 24
- Page Range: 55-63
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English