Disclosing the Hidden: The Narration of Thoughts in Bessie Head’s Maru
This article conjugates Dorrit Cohn’s postulates on the representation of the mind in a narrative work with Bakhtin’s argument on how action and the many voices in a novel are ideologically-determined to reappraise the psychological dimension of the story in Bessie Head’s Maru. It demonstrates that...
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| 出版年: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces, |
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| フォーマット: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| 言語: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2021
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| オンライン･アクセス: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| 要約: | This article conjugates Dorrit Cohn’s postulates on the representation of the mind in a narrative work with Bakhtin’s argument on how action and the many voices in a novel are ideologically-determined to reappraise the psychological dimension of the story in Bessie Head’s Maru. It demonstrates that the characters’ intense mental discourse and psychic interactions are a scathing indictment of prejudice and tribal/racial discrimination and also a way for the author to speak out her aspiration for a more humane world. |
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