2023_Representations of the “Other” in Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen and Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations
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| spelling | 15984 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/view.php?ref=15984 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/search.php?search=!collection3 General Document Malaysia Library Staff (Top Management) Library Staff (Management) Library Staff (Support) Terengganu Faculty of Languages & Communication English application/pdf 1.5 257 Server storage Scanned document Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin UniSZA Private Access UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN SAMBox 2.4.24; modified using iTextSharp™ 5.5.10 ©2000-2016 iText Group NV (AGPL-version) Copyright©PWB2025 2023_Representations of the “Other” in Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen and Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations REPRESENTATIONS OF THE “OTHER” IN BUCHI EMECHETA’S SECOND-CLASS CITIZEN AND CHARLES DICKEN’S GREAT EXPECTATIONS (PHD_2023).pdf Habib Awais Abubakar 2023-07-15 Emecheta, Buchi—Criticism and interpretation Postcolonialism in literature Race in literature Social classes in literature The “Other” depicts one of the key postcolonial concepts because colonialism has left a permanent mark in the minds of the colonized countries. This imprint has significantly manifested in literature. In literary research, the portrayal of the “Other” embodies a crucial topic, particularly the colonizers’ established practices of dominance. The colonizers’ ideology is always apparent in colonial depiction, signifying that the “Other” is undeniably a colonial creation. The concept has become a major aspect of postcolonial studies that is recurrently depicted as mysterious, hostile, aggressive, and utterly different from the Westerner. In particular, the concept of the “Other” is mostly used in literature to portray Africans and Non-Europeans as people carrying all the dark human traits. Many Postcolonial scholars feel that imperial powers use the “Other” to dehumanize Africa and other developing countries. Therefore, this study aims to comparatively explore how the “Other” is depicted in Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen and Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations. The two selected novels analysed in this study focus on the crisis of identity concerning the colonist and the colonized based on racial and social class in Nigeria and British society respectively. The study employs two different literary theories. First, Postcolonial theory (Edward Said’s Orientalist approach) is adopted as the main theory. Second, Feminist theory (Black feminist approach) is used as a supporting theory. For analysis, the study employs two important textual analysis approaches, specifically author-oriented and context-oriented methods, to explore how the “Other” and identity crises are depicted in the selected novels. The analysis shows that the “Other” in Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen is based on the existence of sociocultural differences and the conflictual relationship between the African indigenous people and the British citizens. Thus, in the text, the British become the center while the African natives become subjected to the rule from the center. Whereas, in Dickens’s Great Expectations, the “Other” is projected through the conflict of political, economic, and social ideologies in terms of the relationship between the poor and the wealthy in British society. These ideological conflicts develop into inequality in society. In essence, the two selected novels differ remarkably in terms of the depiction of the “Other”. However, they share common themes such as identity, racism, and patriarchy. The negative portrayal of the “Other” in the two selected texts reveals the existence of stereotypes, mimicry, and socio-political powers in Africa and British societies. Also, the depiction of the “Other” plays an important role in the interrelationship of identity, gender, and race. Therefore, there is a dialectic of place and displacement in the historical time and socio-cultural conditions of the “Other” as depicted in the novels. It is envisaged that the current analysis could enrich scholarship and enhance the debate on the depiction of the “Other” in postcolonial texts using Postcolonial theory and Feminism. Dissertations, Academic Thesis |
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| summary | The “Other” depicts one of the key postcolonial concepts because colonialism has left a permanent mark in the minds of the colonized countries. This imprint has significantly manifested in literature. In literary research, the portrayal of the “Other” embodies a crucial topic, particularly the colonizers’ established practices of dominance. The colonizers’ ideology is always apparent in colonial depiction, signifying that the “Other” is undeniably a colonial creation. The concept has become a major aspect of postcolonial studies that is recurrently depicted as mysterious, hostile, aggressive, and utterly different from the Westerner. In particular, the concept of the “Other” is mostly used in literature to portray Africans and Non-Europeans as people carrying all the dark human traits. Many Postcolonial scholars feel that imperial powers use the “Other” to dehumanize Africa and other developing countries. Therefore, this study aims to comparatively explore how the “Other” is depicted in Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen and Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations. The two selected novels analysed in this study focus on the crisis of identity concerning the colonist and the colonized based on racial and social class in Nigeria and British society respectively. The study employs two different literary theories. First, Postcolonial theory (Edward Said’s Orientalist approach) is adopted as the main theory. Second, Feminist theory (Black feminist approach) is used as a supporting theory. For analysis, the study employs two important textual analysis approaches, specifically author-oriented and context-oriented methods, to explore how the “Other” and identity crises are depicted in the selected novels. The analysis shows that the “Other” in Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen is based on the existence of sociocultural differences and the conflictual relationship between the African indigenous people and the British citizens. Thus, in the text, the British become the center while the African natives become subjected to the rule from the center. Whereas, in Dickens’s Great Expectations, the “Other” is projected through the conflict of political, economic, and social ideologies in terms of the relationship between the poor and the wealthy in British society. These ideological conflicts develop into inequality in society. In essence, the two selected novels differ remarkably in terms of the depiction of the “Other”. However, they share common themes such as identity, racism, and patriarchy. The negative portrayal of the “Other” in the two selected texts reveals the existence of stereotypes, mimicry, and socio-political powers in Africa and British societies. Also, the depiction of the “Other” plays an important role in the interrelationship of identity, gender, and race. Therefore, there is a dialectic of place and displacement in the historical time and socio-cultural conditions of the “Other” as depicted in the novels. It is envisaged that the current analysis could enrich scholarship and enhance the debate on the depiction of the “Other” in postcolonial texts using Postcolonial theory and Feminism. |
| title | 2023_Representations of the “Other” in Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen and Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations |
| title_full | 2023_Representations of the “Other” in Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen and Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations |
| title_fullStr | 2023_Representations of the “Other” in Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen and Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations |
| title_full_unstemmed | 2023_Representations of the “Other” in Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen and Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations |
| title_short | 2023_Representations of the “Other” in Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen and Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations |
| title_sort | 2023_representations of the “other” in buchi emecheta’s second-class citizen and charles dicken’s great expectations |