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

Cilt: 3 Sayı: 1 30 Nisan 2015
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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.

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Kaynakça

  1. Studies Reader (Ed.Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffins and Helen Tiffin). New York: Routledge, 155-157. Loomba, Ania. (1998). Colonialism and Postcolonialism. New York: Routledge.. Maugham, W.Somerset. (2000). Collected Short Stories 1 (RAIN, .UK: Vintage.
  2. Meyers, Jeffrey. (2004). Somerset Maugham. New York:Alfred A. Knopf. Young, Robert. (1995). Colonial Desire: Hybridity in Theory, Culture and Race. London: Routledge.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Dil Çalışmaları (Diğer)

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Mehmet Cem Odacıoğlu Bu kişi benim
Türkiye

Müge Uysal Bu kişi benim
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Nisan 2015

Gönderilme Tarihi

19 Şubat 2015

Kabul Tarihi

30 Nisan 2015

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2015 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Köktürk, Ş., Odacıoğlu, M. C., & Uysal, M. (2015). ANALYSIS OF RAIN BY WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM IN TERMS OF POST-COLONIAL TERMS. International Journal of Languages’ Education and Teaching, 3(1), 319-326. https://izlik.org/JA74DG48SH