The genesis of violence and self-destruction in George Lamming’s water with berries
Other Title(s)
أصل العنف و التدمير الذاتي في رواية جورج لامنغ : "ماء و توت"
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Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 120 (31 Mar. 2017), pp.19-30, 12 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Arts
Publication Date
2017-03-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This paper examines George Lamming’s Water with Berries, a postcolonial text, to reveal the counter literary strategy used by the writer to redefine the colonized against the Western cultural hegemony and the attempts done by the colonial writers to misrepresent and stereotype the colonized people.
The paper discusses how the counter text with its alternative interpretation challenges the constitution upon which the canonical work has been based.
Re-writing and writing back represent the textual resistance to the misrepresentations and ideas expressed by the center.
Lamming explores the colonial experience and its effects on the social, moral, cultural values of previously colonized people.
By re-writing Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Lamming provides an alternative reading that might appropriate or undermine the original text.
Thus, writing from a post-colonial perspective creates a new perception of colonialism and its effects.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Azzawi, Basmah Harbi Mahdi. 2017. The genesis of violence and self-destruction in George Lamming’s water with berries. al-Adab Journal،Vol. 2017, no. 120, pp.19-30.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-840093
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Azzawi, Basmah Harbi Mahdi. The genesis of violence and self-destruction in George Lamming’s water with berries. al-Adab Journal No. 120 (Mar. 2017), pp.19-30.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-840093
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Azzawi, Basmah Harbi Mahdi. The genesis of violence and self-destruction in George Lamming’s water with berries. al-Adab Journal. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 120, pp.19-30.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-840093
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 30
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BIM-840093