Analysis of the Main Indian Characters in Orientalist Discourse in
Analysis of the Main Indian Characters in Orientalist Discourse in
A Passage to India
Abstract: E. M. Forster is one of the most outstanding British writers in the early twentieth century. His novel A Passage to India was published in 1924 and it aroused much criticism at the time. With the publication of Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978), this novel has been reinterpreted from a new prospective —— Orientalist criticism. Applying Orientalist criticism, this paper intends to reveal Forster’s double angles of view and give an analysis of the novel’s main Indian characters in Orientalist discourse.
Key words: E. M. Forster, A Passage to India, Orientalism, Orientalist criticism, Orientalist discourse
解读《印度之行》中东方主义话语下的主要印度人物形象
摘要: 爱•摩•福斯特是二十世纪早期英国最杰出的作家之一。一九二四年他的小说《印度之行》出版并在当时引起了很多评论。随着一九七八年爱德华•赛义德《东方学》的问世，这部小说受到了东方主义批评理论的重新诠释。本文旨在通过对福斯特双重视角的分析，从东方主义批评的角度来解读《印度之行》中东方主义话语下的主要印度人物形象。
关键词：爱•摩•福斯特， 《印度之行》，东方主义，东方主义批评理论， 东方主义话语
Introduction E. M. Forster is one of the most outstanding British writers in the early twentieth century. The novel A passage to India (1924) is drawn on Forster’s own experiences in India during his visits there in 1912 and 1921. Ranked as one of E. M. Forster’s most mature and brilliant works, the novel aroused much criticism at the time and its complexity of theme and structure and its metaphysical implications was widely interpreted from many perspectives such as symbolism, dualism, humanism, feminist criticism, existentialism, etc. Since 1970s, with the publication of Edward Said’s Orientalism(1978), many Western scholars have reinterpreted this novel from a new perspective, Orientaist criticism. Though E. M. Forster shows great courage in exposing the British rule in India and in expressing his deep sympathy to the colonized Indian people in the novel, as a writer in the imperial country, he could not avoid being affected with the deep-rooted Western collective thought of Orientalism and Europocentrism. Adopting
A Passage to India
Abstract: E. M. Forster is one of the most outstanding British writers in the early twentieth century. His novel A Passage to India was published in 1924 and it aroused much criticism at the time. With the publication of Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978), this novel has been reinterpreted from a new prospective —— Orientalist criticism. Applying Orientalist criticism, this paper intends to reveal Forster’s double angles of view and give an analysis of the novel’s main Indian characters in Orientalist discourse.
Key words: E. M. Forster, A Passage to India, Orientalism, Orientalist criticism, Orientalist discourse
解读《印度之行》中东方主义话语下的主要印度人物形象
摘要: 爱•摩•福斯特是二十世纪早期英国最杰出的作家之一。一九二四年他的小说《印度之行》出版并在当时引起了很多评论。随着一九七八年爱德华•赛义德《东方学》的问世，这部小说受到了东方主义批评理论的重新诠释。本文旨在通过对福斯特双重视角的分析，从东方主义批评的角度来解读《印度之行》中东方主义话语下的主要印度人物形象。
关键词：爱•摩•福斯特， 《印度之行》，东方主义，东方主义批评理论， 东方主义话语
Introduction E. M. Forster is one of the most outstanding British writers in the early twentieth century. The novel A passage to India (1924) is drawn on Forster’s own experiences in India during his visits there in 1912 and 1921. Ranked as one of E. M. Forster’s most mature and brilliant works, the novel aroused much criticism at the time and its complexity of theme and structure and its metaphysical implications was widely interpreted from many perspectives such as symbolism, dualism, humanism, feminist criticism, existentialism, etc. Since 1970s, with the publication of Edward Said’s Orientalism(1978), many Western scholars have reinterpreted this novel from a new perspective, Orientaist criticism. Though E. M. Forster shows great courage in exposing the British rule in India and in expressing his deep sympathy to the colonized Indian people in the novel, as a writer in the imperial country, he could not avoid being affected with the deep-rooted Western collective thought of Orientalism and Europocentrism. Adopting
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