'The event', 'the archive', and 'realms that are yet to come' in Paul Scott's the raj quartet

Author

al-Khafaji, Arij Muhammad Jawad

Source

Journal of University of Human Development

Issue

Vol. 5, Issue 3 (s+conf) (31 Aug. 2019), pp.23-27, 5 p.

Publisher

University of Human Development

Publication Date

2019-08-31

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

5

Main Subjects

Languages & Comparative Literature

Topics

Abstract EN

Two enigmas remain unsolved in the four novels of Paul Scott's the Raj Quartet: the engineer / performer of Daphne's rape which opens the whole tale and the engineer/performer of Merrick's murder which closes it.

Both are ritualistic events engineered / performed patiently and carefully almost with the same scenario which gives confidence that the second is a vengeful sequence of the first.

If we interrogate the Quartet in the light of postmodern discourses, some bizarre results can be found concerning these two crimes.

Dealing with the Quartet as a detective story, reversing the narrative linear structure, and following the discourses of the event, the archive, and realms that are yet to come/the posthuman, reveal the scandalous superiority of the Eastern subject over the Western object which Scott dares not to say or avoids saying directly in the long course of his novels.

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Khafaji, Arij Muhammad Jawad. 2019. 'The event', 'the archive', and 'realms that are yet to come' in Paul Scott's the raj quartet. Journal of University of Human Development،Vol. 5, no. 3 (s+conf), pp.23-27.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1452216

Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Khafaji, Arij Muhammad Jawad. 'The event', 'the archive', and 'realms that are yet to come' in Paul Scott's the raj quartet. Journal of University of Human Development Vol. 5, no. 3 (Special issue conference) (Aug. 2019), pp.23-27.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1452216

American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Khafaji, Arij Muhammad Jawad. 'The event', 'the archive', and 'realms that are yet to come' in Paul Scott's the raj quartet. Journal of University of Human Development. 2019. Vol. 5, no. 3 (s+conf), pp.23-27.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1452216

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 26-27

Record ID

BIM-1452216