Imperial Orwell.
George Orwell's three accounts of British colonial rule in Burma have been said, not least by the author, to express his revulsion at that regime. While the image given of the British authorities does not offer wholehearted endorsement, many aspects in fact sustain ideas which are central to pro-col...
| Publicado en: | Atlantis (0210-6124) Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 11 - 26 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=111875840&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 111875840 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 02106124 VSM jtl: Atlantis (0210-6124) issn: 02106124 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: dic2015 vid: 37 iid: 2 pid: 19799 pub: Departament de Llengues i Literatures Modernes i d'Estudis Anglesos artinfo: ui: 111875840 ppf: 11 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.1MB tig: atl: Imperial Orwell. aug: au: MELIA, PAUL affil: Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco su: Orwell, George, 1903-1950 Burmese Days (Book) Hanging, A (Short story) Shooting an Elephant (Short story) Imperialism in literature Myanmar in literature Indigenous peoples in literature sug: subj: Orwell, George, 1903-1950 Burmese Days (Book) Hanging, A (Short story) Shooting an Elephant (Short story) Imperialism in literature Myanmar in literature Indigenous peoples in literature keyword: Burma colonialism empirical policeman racial discourse Birmania colonialismo discurso racial empírico policía ab: George Orwell's three accounts of British colonial rule in Burma have been said, not least by the author, to express his revulsion at that regime. While the image given of the British authorities does not offer wholehearted endorsement, many aspects in fact sustain ideas which are central to pro-colonial literature, and go even further, through the portrayal of characters in a manner consistent with racialist and social Darwinist theories. To some extent the causes of this outlook are open to speculation, but certainly a lingering embitterment towards his experiences as a policeman in Burma is evident in his writing, and, above all, a close and honest reading of the texts reveals a side to Orwell that many critics have shown a distinct reluctance to acknowledge. In each of his Burmese stories, although the British are depicted as morally lacking, the indigenous people, including those of mixed race, are resolutely inferior beings: timid, puerile and comical, with a couple of villainous exceptions. Los tres relatos de George Orwell sobre el dominio colonial británico en Birmania han sido entendidos como expresión de su repulsa hacia aquel régimen. Aunque la imagen de las autoridades británicas que aparece en ellos no ofrece un respaldo incondicional, otros muchos aspectos contienen ideas que habían sido centrales en la literatura pro-colonial--las cuales se desarrollan aún más, sobre todo mediante la caracterización de personajes de acuerdo con las teorías sociales y raciales darwinistas. Hasta cierto punto, las causas de esta perspectiva pueden ser objeto de alguna especulación, pero sin duda una amargura persistente relacionada con su experiencia como policía en Birmania se evidencia en estos relatos de Orwell y, sobre todo, una lectura minuciosa y honesta revela un lado del autor que muchos críticos se han mostrado reluctantes en reconocer. En cada uno de sus cuentos birmanos, si bien los británicos son retratados como moralmente deficientes, los indígenas, incluso los mestizos, son presentados como seres resueltamente inferiores: tímidos, pueriles y cómicos, con un par de viles excepciones. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Literary Criticism src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Atlantis (0210-6124) is the property of Departament de Llengues i Literatures Modernes i d'Estudis Anglesos and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Atlantis (0210-6124) holder: Departament de Llengues i Literatures Modernes i d'Estudis Anglesos dt: @attributes: year: 2015 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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