DOMESTICATION OF THE EXOTIC AS THE VIOLATION OF ETHICS IN BERNARD MALAMUD’S GOD’S GRACE
Abstract
In his novel God’s Grace, Bernard Malamud depicts a post-apocalyptic world, the only survivors of which are Calvin Cohn, a scientist, and a group of apes. Depending on Cohn’s domineering attitude over the apes, natives of the island where he finds refuge, this study reads the novel as a work allegorising the colonisation process. Despite his religious and moral discourse, Cohn violates the native’s rights. His selfishness and failure in understanding the apes in their natural context lead him to a tragic end when apes rebel against him. It is concluded that as the “everyman”, Cohn represents men’s potential for destruction of not only others but also themselves, regardless to former tragic experience.
Keywords
Bernard Malamud , God’s Grace , post-colonialism , exoticism
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