• Login
    View Item 
    •   KovsieScholar Home
    • KovsieJournals
    • Acta Academica
    • AA 2010 Volume 42 Issue 4
    • View Item
    •   KovsieScholar Home
    • KovsieJournals
    • Acta Academica
    • AA 2010 Volume 42 Issue 4
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    ‘A story of a magnificent savage’: interrogating alterity in Joseph Conrad’s Karain: a memory

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    academ_v42_n4_a2.pdf (153.5Kb)
    Date
    2010
    Author
    Sewlall, Harry
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    English: On 7 February 1897, Conrad wrote to Edward Garnett: “I am thinking of a short story. Something like the [sic] Lagoon but with less description. A Malay thing. It will be easy and may bring a few pence” (Karl & Davies 198 : 338). Despite some early criticism of its lush exotic evocations of the Malayan jungle, Karain: a memory occupies an important place in Conrad’s short fiction. In the twenty-first century, the story’s appeal lies in its anatomy of alterity, or otherness. This article seeks to explore the religious, cultural and gender dimensions of the story, which give it a postcolonial resonance. The story functions as a catalyst for the deconstruction of stereotypes and affirms the view that despite inherent differences, humankind shares basic goals and dreams.
     
    Afrikaans: Op 7 Februarie 1897 het Conrad aan Edward Garnett geskryf: “Ek dink aan ’n kortverhaal. Iets soos die [sic] Lagoon, maar minder bekrywend. ’n Maleisiese ding. Dit sal maklik wees en kan selfs ’n paar pennies verdien” (Karl & Davies 1983: 338). Ten spyte van vroeëre kritiek oor die geil, eksotiese voorstellings van die Maleisiese oerwoud beklee Karain: a memory ’n belangrike plek in Conrad se kort fiksie. In die een-en-twintigste eeu lê die storie se aantrekkingskrag in sy anatomie van andersheid of ongewoonheid. Hierdie artikel het ten doel om die godsdienstige, kulturele en geslagsdimensies van die kortverhaal wat ’n post-koloniale weerklank daaraan gee, te ondersoek. Die kortverhaal dien as ’n katalisator vir die afbreek van stereotipes en versterk die siening dat die mensdom, ten spyte van inherente verskille, basiese doelstellings en drome deel.
     
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11660/2971
    Collections
    • AA 2010 Volume 42 Issue 4

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
     

     

    Browse

    All of KovsieScholarCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback