The tension of the social relations between the colonizer and the colonized under the impact of the British colonialism to India in Forster's a passage to India

Other Title(s)

توتر العلاقات الاجتماعية بين المستعمر و المستعمر تحت تأثير الاستعمار البريطاني للهند كما ظهر في رواية فورستر "الطريق إلى الهند"

Dissertant

Rawashidah, Abir Asir

Thesis advisor

Khurayst, Abd al-Hafiz

Comitee Members

Jalabnah, Atif Mustafa Muflih
Sarayrah, Zafir
al-Duwayk, Badr Said

University

Middle East University

Faculty

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of English

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2008

English Abstract

The objectives of this study are to inspect whether the colonizer is able to live side by side with the colonized in one community, and to depict the negative impact of the British colonization on the Indian people as well as on the British themselves.

It also comes to explore the tension of the social relationships between these two groups as seen in A Passage to India.

It aimed to focus mainly on the social problems that emerged during the British period of dominating India.

The study, in particular, applied Albert Memmi’s views about colonialism in The Colonizer and the Colonized (1974), and other writers, like, Rudyard Kipling’s views about imperialism in Kim (1987).

This study mainly depended on analyzing the events and the characters of Forster’s A Passage to India for the purpose of revealing the theme of colonization clearly.

The study intended to answer the following questions: 1- Can the colonizer live in the same society with the colonized? The study concluded that the colonizer was not able to live with the colonized and deal directly with each other in the proper way.

2- What kind of problems emerged between the colonizer and the colonized? There were many problems resulted from the tension in the social relations between the colonizer and the colonized such as, (i) misunderstandings and (ii) miscommunications between them, therefore, the study presented the only one salvation to such problems, which is, the colonizers’ withdrawal.

3- Is it possible to establish a good relationship between the colonizer and the colonized? The study asserted that there was no possible way to establish friendship between the British and the Indians due to the arrogance of the former.

4- To what extent the British colonialism created a tension in the social relations between the colonizer and the colonized? The study also revealed the fact that the British colonialism has created many social problems which were clear in the tension in the treatment of the colonizer to the colonized and in the difficulty in dealing with each other in proper way.

5- What are the assumptions and justifications of the British existence in India? The researcher reached to the fact that the colonizer used the traditional assumptions to justify his existence in the colony; to develop Indian infrastructure and to keep peace there.

Hopefully, this study promoted further readings of Forster’s novel to bring out other problematic issues of race relations and social conflicts created by the colonizers in India.

It is a new kind of study which revealed more detailed and open new views regarding social relations between different races.

Main Subjects

Languages & Comparative Literature

No. of Pages

73

Table of Contents

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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-693052