ANALYSIS OF RAIN BY WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM IN TERMS OF POST-COLONIAL TERMS

Abstract

This study dealt with the analysis of a short story, Rain by William Somerset Maugham in terms of post-colonial terms or elements. Before the analysis, the writer of the book was introduced and then the plot was explained so as to make readers familiar with the short story. In the analysis section, post-colonial elements or related terms such as missionary, colonial authority, the state of being subaltern, Manichean allegory, mimicry, ambivalence, surveillance, imperial hegemony, hybridity, essentialism, monolithic culture, alienation, dislocation, misuse of power, gender difference were analyzed from some of the excerpts to see how strong these concepts affect the course of the fiction. The study also aimed showing the implementation of the post colonial terms or elements in such stories especially for students of language & literature departments or related departments to understand their use.

Keywords

• Missionary
• colonial authority
• subaltern
• Manichean allegory
• mimicry
• ambivalance
• surveillance

Kaynakça

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