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Tattva journal of philosophy, Nov 20, 2023
Derek Walcott's "A Far Cry from Africa," is not only a brilliant exposition of the ... more Derek Walcott's "A Far Cry from Africa," is not only a brilliant exposition of the imbalance relationship between the colonizer and the colonized but also a depiction of the pain of a man who stands in-between two cultures. The poem exposes the conflict of the identity he goes through due to his state of in-betweenness. Throughout the poem he continues his quest to get an identity of his own, but at the end, his endeavour remains futile as he finally confesses his love for the English language as well as for his origin. In other words the idea that pervades the entire poem is the conflict of culture and identity, from where the poet finds no way out.
This article tends to uphold both Tagore and Anderson‟s idea of nation and will try exploring the... more This article tends to uphold both Tagore and Anderson‟s idea of nation and will try exploring the area where both their ideas resemble and differ from each other. With „Post colonialism‟, many eminent scholars, theoreticians working in the field have tried to define nation from different perspectives. They have tried to uphold their own understanding of nation and at the same time have intended to show how a nation forms. Tagore and Benedict Anderson are among those theoreticians of the twentieth century who quested to trace out a concrete idea of a nation from their own point of views. Though it is also true that even before the eminent literary theorists like Benedict Anderson probed into this problem of defining „nation„ and theorizing it in the literary contexts, Tagore has already expressed his own perception of nation and its derivative nationalism.
Derek Walcott's "A Far Cry from Africa," is not only a brilliant exposition of the imbalance rela... more Derek Walcott's "A Far Cry from Africa," is not only a brilliant exposition of the imbalance relationship between the colonizer and the colonized but also a depiction of the pain of a man who stands in-between two cultures. The poem exposes the conflict of the identity he goes through due to his state of in-betweenness. Throughout the poem he continues his quest to get an identity of his own, but at the end, his endeavour remains futile as he finally confesses his love for the English language as well as for his origin. In other words the idea that pervades the entire poem is the conflict of culture and identity, from where the poet finds no way out.
Tattva journal of philosophy, Nov 20, 2023
Derek Walcott's "A Far Cry from Africa," is not only a brilliant exposition of the ... more Derek Walcott's "A Far Cry from Africa," is not only a brilliant exposition of the imbalance relationship between the colonizer and the colonized but also a depiction of the pain of a man who stands in-between two cultures. The poem exposes the conflict of the identity he goes through due to his state of in-betweenness. Throughout the poem he continues his quest to get an identity of his own, but at the end, his endeavour remains futile as he finally confesses his love for the English language as well as for his origin. In other words the idea that pervades the entire poem is the conflict of culture and identity, from where the poet finds no way out.
This article tends to uphold both Tagore and Anderson‟s idea of nation and will try exploring the... more This article tends to uphold both Tagore and Anderson‟s idea of nation and will try exploring the area where both their ideas resemble and differ from each other. With „Post colonialism‟, many eminent scholars, theoreticians working in the field have tried to define nation from different perspectives. They have tried to uphold their own understanding of nation and at the same time have intended to show how a nation forms. Tagore and Benedict Anderson are among those theoreticians of the twentieth century who quested to trace out a concrete idea of a nation from their own point of views. Though it is also true that even before the eminent literary theorists like Benedict Anderson probed into this problem of defining „nation„ and theorizing it in the literary contexts, Tagore has already expressed his own perception of nation and its derivative nationalism.
Derek Walcott's "A Far Cry from Africa," is not only a brilliant exposition of the imbalance rela... more Derek Walcott's "A Far Cry from Africa," is not only a brilliant exposition of the imbalance relationship between the colonizer and the colonized but also a depiction of the pain of a man who stands in-between two cultures. The poem exposes the conflict of the identity he goes through due to his state of in-betweenness. Throughout the poem he continues his quest to get an identity of his own, but at the end, his endeavour remains futile as he finally confesses his love for the English language as well as for his origin. In other words the idea that pervades the entire poem is the conflict of culture and identity, from where the poet finds no way out.