Caught Between Cultures

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Caught Between Cultures

Das Aufeinanderprallen unterschiedlicher Kulturen und Sichtweisen ist das übergeordnete Thema dieser Kurzgeschichtensammlung, die die Zeit vom ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart umspannt. Folgende Kurzgeschichten sind enthalten:

Colonial Encounters:

  • Joseph Conrad, "An Outpost of Progress" (1898)
  • Somerset Maugham, "The Force of Circumstance" (1928)
  • George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant" (1936)
  • Doris Lessing, "The Second Hut" (1964)

Cross-Cultural Experiences:

  • R. K. Narayan, "A Horse and Two Goats" (1965)
  • Chinua Achebe, "Dead Men's Path" (1972)
  • Ngugi wa Thiong'o, "A Meeting in the Dark" (1974)

Postcolonial Consequences:

  • Muriel Spark, "The Black Madonna" (1963)
  • Qaisra Shahraz, "A Pair of Jeans" (1988)
  • Hanif Kureishi, "My Son the Fanatic" (1994)
  • Salman Rushdie, "Good Advice Is Rarer than Rubies" (1994)

Abiturempfehlung zum Themenbereich Colonial experience and Commonwealth

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ISBN: 9783125775121

Language: English

Publication date: 24.05.2005

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