Discuss ways in which representations of non English characters are used to define Englishness in any two or three texts.

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Author: Khushnama Khan ISBN: 9783638042994
Publisher: GRIN Publishing Publication: May 5, 2008
Imprint: GRIN Publishing Language: English
Author: Khushnama Khan
ISBN: 9783638042994
Publisher: GRIN Publishing
Publication: May 5, 2008
Imprint: GRIN Publishing
Language: English

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: B, BCUC (BCUC), course: English literature BA , 5 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Before I begin a discussion on representation of Englishness I think it is important to define what Englishness means in the context of the literary work I intend to use for my discussion. The term Englishness implies many things ranging from notions of nationality, race to class, and a way of life. For the purpose of this essay I will explore the kind of Englishness which is associated with a late Victorian notion of masculinity, Empire, adventure and Englishness in British colonies. In The making of English National Identity Krishnan Kumar traces the history of Englishness; Kumar suggests that 'English self consciousnesses' began to emerge when foreign commercial enterprises began to threaten English supremacy in the early 1800s ( p.224, 2003). In this essay I will look at ways in which Englishness is defined by the way non English characters are represented in Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines and E. M. Forster's A passage to India. [...]

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Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: B, BCUC (BCUC), course: English literature BA , 5 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Before I begin a discussion on representation of Englishness I think it is important to define what Englishness means in the context of the literary work I intend to use for my discussion. The term Englishness implies many things ranging from notions of nationality, race to class, and a way of life. For the purpose of this essay I will explore the kind of Englishness which is associated with a late Victorian notion of masculinity, Empire, adventure and Englishness in British colonies. In The making of English National Identity Krishnan Kumar traces the history of Englishness; Kumar suggests that 'English self consciousnesses' began to emerge when foreign commercial enterprises began to threaten English supremacy in the early 1800s ( p.224, 2003). In this essay I will look at ways in which Englishness is defined by the way non English characters are represented in Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines and E. M. Forster's A passage to India. [...]

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