Literacy, imagination and autonomy in A House for Mr. Biswas
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| author | Mariana Bolfarine |
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| contents | Literacy, imagination and autonomy in A House for Mr. Biswas Mariana Bolfarine Lengua y Literatura Literacy autonomy imagination The present article tackles the concepts of literacy, imagination and autonomy in A House for Mr. Biswas (1961) by V. S. Naipaul. The novel reveals that the spread of the English language and Englishness became inevitable during British Imperialism since one of the instruments for its propagation was the imposition of the colonizer’s set of values. It will be shown that although limited and detached from the learners’ reality depicted in the narrative, the missionary school education engendered the imagination as a driving force up on which the protagonist, Mr. Biswas, relies in order to achieve his dreams of autonomy. Theory is most ly foregrounded on works by David Slater, Boaventura dos Santos and Diana Brydon. 2012 artículo científico 1983-4675 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=307426650013 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3074 Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture application/pdf Universidade Estadual de Maringá Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Brasil) Num.1 Vol.34 |
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| spellingShingle | Literacy, imagination and autonomy in A House for Mr. Biswas Mariana Bolfarine Lengua y Literatura Literacy autonomy imagination Literacy, imagination and autonomy in A House for Mr. Biswas Mariana Bolfarine Lengua y Literatura Literacy autonomy imagination The present article tackles the concepts of literacy, imagination and autonomy in A House for Mr. Biswas (1961) by V. S. Naipaul. The novel reveals that the spread of the English language and Englishness became inevitable during British Imperialism since one of the instruments for its propagation was the imposition of the colonizer’s set of values. It will be shown that although limited and detached from the learners’ reality depicted in the narrative, the missionary school education engendered the imagination as a driving force up on which the protagonist, Mr. Biswas, relies in order to achieve his dreams of autonomy. Theory is most ly foregrounded on works by David Slater, Boaventura dos Santos and Diana Brydon. 2012 artículo científico 1983-4675 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=307426650013 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3074 Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture application/pdf Universidade Estadual de Maringá Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Brasil) Num.1 Vol.34 |
| title | Literacy, imagination and autonomy in A House for Mr. Biswas |
| topic | Lengua y Literatura Literacy autonomy imagination |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=307426650013 |