『작은 것들의 신』에 나타난 탈식민주의적 저항으로서의 영어사용

Abstract

This paper is written on the premise that the use of English, a colonial heritage from the perspective of post-colonialism, can be a postcolonial resistance. Arundhati Roy believes that the use of English can be a strong resistance to colonialism if it is not used in a way that unconditionally praises the West. In The God of the Little Things, The Ipes have been Anglophiles since the colonial era, and have excellent English speaking skills and wide knowledge on English literature. For them, English literature text is an excellent textbook to learn English and English values, but it also serves as an ornament to show off themselves. Baby Kochamma asks Sophie Mole to show off her knowledge of English literature and Chacko cites vast sentences of English literature at any time, anywhere. This atmosphere of adults in the Ipes naturally drives the twins, Rahel and Estha in a direction that forces them to speak English and read English literature text. Baby Kochamma made twins to write the sentences, "I will always speak English.“ and ” “In future, we will not read backward.” a hundred times in a notebook whenever they speak Malayalam and read a sentence or words backwards and forwards charging them a fine. The way twins react to this atmosphere is similar to how Arundhati Roy recreated English words in various ways in The God of Small Things. The twins resist adults who is forcing English speaking by twisting English pronunciation, reading backwards and forwards, and palindrome. The paper argues that the twins’ various English-speaking methods can be a resistance to colonialism.