2014
Writing from 'Within' as well as 'Without' the Tradition
KLÍMOVÁ, ZuzanaBasic information
Original name
Writing from 'Within' as well as 'Without' the Tradition
Authors
KLÍMOVÁ, Zuzana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
A View from Elsewhere, Olomouc, 20-22 June 2014, 2014
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Conference abstract
Field of Study
Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14210/14:00075794
Organization unit
Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English
tradition; Naipaul; Harris; identity; authenticity
Tags
Changed: 20/3/2015 17:20, Mgr. Martin Drápela, Ph.D.
Abstract
In the original language
Due to the multi-ethnic origin of West Indian communities, the feeling of placelessness and search for cultural identity often emerges among important literary topics. V.S. Naipaul describes his necessity to emigrate in order to pursue the path of creativity and to challenge the feeling of his 'erasure' from global society. He speaks about oppressive 'numbness' the West Indian environment imposes upon its population. However, greater creative freedom under the patronage of a European country brings also extremely paradoxical situations which include as well as exclude the postcolonial artist who is at the same time inside as well as outside the Western tradition. Such position can become a burden but also a gate into the rich pool of cross-cultural imagination. Wilson Harris embraces the 'cauda pavonis' of West Indian essence challenging stereotypes and prejudices of hegemonic traditions, while Naipaul cherishes 'placelessness'/'distance' allowing him greater objectivity of vision.
Links
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