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Alienation, Freedom and Responsibility in a Post-colonial Context

Author: ZhuPing
Tutor: WangZuo
School: PLA Foreign Languages ??Institute
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: Freedom and Responsibility The Postcolonial Context Alienation Cultural superiority Responsibility Critic Adult world Post-colonial era Realistic Novel Cultural tolerance
CLC: I106.4
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2004
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Abstract

Freedom, alienation and responsibility is a very common theme in literary works. In this paper, the Japanese-British writer Kazuo Ishiguro (1954 -) 2000 as \especially Western cultural superiority, prejudices and fantasies - lost caused by human subjectivity; investigate damage caused new alienation freedom; to debunk this alienation often with camouflage - the so-called \The paper is divided into four chapters: the first chapter a brief review of the criticism of the Western critics of \Many Western critics considered \Papers cited these criticisms, pointing out that this is a post-colonial world novel critic to really understand it, you need to have a wide cultural mind and keen historical perspective. The reason why many Western critics do not understand this work, because they unknowingly by their own sense of cultural superiority interference. In in rational traditions very strong context, they naturally can not accept a Westerner, a highly educated British gentleman has done in the East description so aggressive, irrational or even crazy. The paper put forward their own arguments in this: To really understand the characteristics of the novel, we must pay serious attention to the fable of the novel. The second chapter focuses on the analysis of the Westerners \Banks kid is a very shy child, grew up in the United Kingdom is still like a gentleman. But later came to Shanghai, occur gradually change, the Chinese people irritable and complaining. This change, Western critics can not understand, or ignored in the past. The paper argues that whether this problem is related to the Banks Shanghai trip purpose is to find what. Just looking for the parents? Papers looking for parents only appearance, some critics think he is looking for their own cultural identity. It is also debatable, because of a strong sense of national superiority in Shanghai Banks, his subconscious is very clear that he is an Englishman despise the local Chinese people, even many foreigners in the French Concession, accusing them of not \Banks claiming to Shanghai Concession own home, but in fact Concession is a closed circle, the United Kingdom or the United Kingdom, and Japan is still Japan. Banks 20 years later, he returned to Shanghai, and obviously to look at from the perspective of a Westerner in Shanghai. In fact, Banks for their own sense of superiority, the illusions of their own childhood, especially with regard to parental kidnapping fantasy to find proof. If the entire novel as a fable, it symbolizes the Westerners looking for their own cultural prejudices and superiority prove. The Banks \The third chapter explores alienation and freedom of the \Between different cultures, especially in the West on the Oriental cultural stereotypes and imagined, and the infinite zoom ethnocentric prejudice with the colonial context commuting Alex the subjectivity and freedom, and even caused his alienation. Human responsibility and free choice are closely related. Make certain freedom within what choice he must bear the corresponding responsibility. Individuals according to their own wishes, in considering the main needs as well as others, the case of the social needs to make a choice and voluntarily assume corresponding responsibilities, is a manifestation of the true freedom. Unfortunately, in Fairbanks who does not seem to see the freedom of choice. Driven by the so-called \However, under the domination fantasy, false \He was alienated when he began to control the so-called \He originally should have the freedom to choose, he can run away with Sarah, and take on the responsibility of finding happiness for himself and Sarah; Zhe can choose the first time to the hospital, to assume the responsibility to save the Friends. But he did not, he was in my mind all the misconceptions bound. This is the freedom of a surface, actually not free and enslaved. Banks is the colonial context of human template because of the loss of freedom of their own fantasies and prejudices. Chapter IV to find a solution how to get rid of this colonial context of human alienation? Kazuo Ishiguro novel is given its own implied: to reflect on the spiritual and cultural tolerance. The novel deliberately set two opposing. The first is of a world of the child, and the opposition of the adult world. These two worlds has unusual ties. On the one hand, a world of adult affect the child's world. On the other hand, the children of the world have also decided after the adult world. Important and vulnerable children of the world. The readers have to think about whether we should give the child a kind of world. Especially children, living in different cultures need more adult care and guidance so as not to let them pure soul dust infected with cultural prejudices. At the same time, the novel also through cultural superiority, prejudices and illusions formed in the child world all the ridiculous ideas and prejudices in the adult world of parody and satire. Second is the opposition of the Banks of the concept and the concept of reality as well as others. Novel two Banks: \Narrative Banks in the narrative of their memories, often use the words of \Believe this Narrative Banks \This makes the novel a fantasy, fuzzy memories and reality, as well as their own ideas and other people's evaluation of the structural antagonism, sometimes even before the memories of Ah overturned memories. What the?

Alienation, Freedom and Responsibility in a Post-colonial Context

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