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      Indos, abjects, exiles : Joseph Conrad's culturally liminal characters in the age of nationalism

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      Date
      2013-09-19
      Author
      Onion, Thomas
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      This essay is an investigation of transnational author Joseph Conrad’s engagement with issues of cultural liminality during the years around the turn of the 20th century. Through an examination of Almayer from Almayer’s Folly, Yanko of “Amy Foster”, and Cornelius from Lord Jim, the common experience of cultural displacement is considered. Conrad placed these three culturally liminal characters in various, carefully constructed social environments. Thus far, these characters have been under investigated in the critical literature, particularly the mixed-culture Almayer and Cornelius. By investigating these three characters and their environments, this essay demonstrates how Conrad depicts cultural displacement in the age of nationalism to be increasingly multifaceted but inevitably disastrous. The essay further reveals the need for more careful critical assessments of the cultural nuances of Conrad’s characters.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      English
      Program
      English
      Supervisor
      Voitkovska, Ludmilla
      Committee
      Ophir, Ella
      Copyright Date
      September 2013
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2013-09-1217
      Subject
      Conrad, Joseph
      Almayer's Folly
      Amy Foster
      Lord Jim
      Almayer
      Yanko
      Cornelius
      Liminality
      Exile
      Cultural Displacement
      Southeast Asia
      Transnationalism
      Nationalism
      Hybridity
      Abject
      Indo-European
      Indo
      Eurasian
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