나이폴의 『비스와스 씨를 위한 집』에서 식민지 공간인 트리니다드의 재현
Trinidad as a Colonial Space Represented in V. S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas
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This paper examines the way in which V. S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas presents Trinidad, which turns out to be the setting of place in a very limited sense. Though it is hard to reach a critical consensus about Naipaul’s works due to different political positions, most critics have agreed that A House for Mr. Biswas is one of his best works. The problem is that Trinidad represented in the novel serves mainly as an exotic place for the Western reader. Trinidad as a colony is consistently described in a negative way and the novel even erases the fact that the early 20th century Trinidad the novel is set in is under the control of the British Empire. The narrative represses all the social and political conflicts related to race, a key issue which enables the narrative voice to raise colonial issues. The paper tries to reveal that the novel cannot reach an epic status as a West Indian diaspora novel by focusing on how the consciousness of the narrative voice (and the protagonist) becomes abstract by losing the physical sense of place of Trinidad.
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This paper examines the way in which V. S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas presents Trinidad, which turns out to be the setting of place in a very limited sense. Though it is hard to reach a critical consensus about Naipaul’s works due to different political positions, most critics have agreed that A House for Mr. Biswas is one of his best works. The problem is that Trinidad represented in the novel serves mainly as an exotic place for the Western reader. Trinidad as a colony is consistently described in a negative way and the novel even erases the fact that the early 20th century Trinidad the novel is set in is under the control of the British Empire. The narrative represses all the social and political conflicts related to race, a key issue which enables the narrative voice to raise colonial issues. The paper tries to reveal that the novel cannot reach an epic status as a West Indian diaspora novel by focusing on how the consciousness of the narrative voice (and the protagonist) becomes abstract by losing the physical sense of place of Trinidad.
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