Naipaul’s A-political Passage – V.S. Naipaul’s The Middle
Passage: The Caribbean Revisited (1962) and the difficulty of
accepting both socio-political as well as aesthetic
implications of the book.

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Naipaul’s A-political Passage – V.S. Naipaul’s The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited (1962) and the difficulty of accepting both socio-political as well as aesthetic implications of the book.

KLÍMOVÁ, Zuzana

Základní údaje

Originální název

Naipaul’s A-political Passage – V.S. Naipaul’s The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited (1962) and the difficulty of accepting both socio-political as well as aesthetic implications of the book.

Autoři

KLÍMOVÁ, Zuzana

Vydání

MANCEPT 2013 - Workshops in Political Theory, Manchester, 4-6- September 2013, 2013

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/13:00069244

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

political theory;postcolonial studies; social sciences; West Indian literature; Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul; The Middle Passage

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rivok

Změněno: 7. 4. 2014 09:34, Mgr. Zuzana Kršková, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

The Middle Passage by V.S. Naipaul results from his journey to the West Indies in 1960. It is Naipaul's first non-fiction book and suggestion for its writing came from the Premier of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Eric Williams. Already the original idea which preceded the book carries possible political connotations. Together with the time of its creation, places described in it and topics discussed, The Middle Passage links itself to socio-political questions occupying current postcolonial discussions. Yet Naipaul insists, already in the foreword, that it is not "an official book". He anxiously distances himself from nationalism (which is impossible in Trinidad and harmful in other communities) and politics ("To have a political view is to be prejudiced. I don't have a political view," The Guardian 2001), but with the thirst for oppositional strategies he does not share, Naipaul is often seen as a politically incorrect supporter of neo-colonialism. Aesthetic qualities of his works are overshadowed by heated debates over his controversial political statements. It seems inevitable for The Middle Passage to be judged primarily according to its political correctness, rather than its other qualities, as long as "'West Indian' is a political word" (Naipaul in Newsweek 1981).

Citovat

KLÍMOVÁ, Zuzana. Naipaul’s A-political Passage – V.S. Naipaul’s The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited (1962) and the difficulty of accepting both socio-political as well as aesthetic implications of the book. In MANCEPT 2013 - Workshops in Political Theory, Manchester, 4-6- September 2013. 2013.

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KLÍMOVÁ, Zuzana. Naipaul’s A-political Passage – V.S. Naipaul’s The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited (1962) and the difficulty of accepting both socio-political as well as aesthetic implications of the book. In \textit{MANCEPT 2013 - Workshops in Political Theory, Manchester, 4-6- September 2013}. 2013.

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