A study of displacement of the blacks in Caryl Phillip's selected novels /
The title of this thesis is A Study of the Blacks in Caryl Phillips's Selected Novels. This research is about the displacement of the Blacks during the period of slavery based on five selected novels written by Caryl Phillips. The novels selected are The Final Passage, Higher Ground, Cambridge,...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Kuala Lumpur:
Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia,
2011
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| Online Access: | Click here to view 1st 24 pages of the thesis. Members can view fulltext at the specified PCs in the library. |
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| Summary: | The title of this thesis is A Study of the Blacks in Caryl Phillips's Selected Novels. This research is about the displacement of the Blacks during the period of slavery based on five selected novels written by Caryl Phillips. The novels selected are The Final Passage, Higher Ground, Cambridge, Crossing the River and Dancing in the Dark. These five novels were chosen for critical examination due to the distinct similarities in their themes. The major thematic preoccupations found in these novels such as displacement which causes identity crisis, are brought to focus and discussed at length in this research. The prime objective of this thesis is to analyze the impact of slavery on the African descendants of the Africans who were brought into slavery by the colonial masters. These people, who were uprooted from their motherland and brought to a new land as slaves, found it difficult to assimilate themselves with the new environment. They experienced dislocation and discrimination. The displacement and the cruel treatment of the colonizers caused mental agony and this led them to an identity crisis. The identity crisis developed two extreme characteristics in these characters. They either became very docile and submissive to the dominant culture or they developed anti-establishment characteristics, refusing to assimilate with the White men's culture. This research also provides understanding to why Black writers, especially Caryl Phillips who is also a descendent of slaves, still write on the issue of slavery which should have been long forgotten. |
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| Item Description: | Abstract in English and Arabic. "A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (English Literary Studies)."--On t.p. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 212 leaves : ill. ; 30cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 195-202). |