A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE STRUGGLE AGAINST COLONIAL OPPRESSION IN IRELAND AND INDIA THROUGH THE PRISM OF LIAM O’FLAHERTY AND KAMALA MARKANDAYA

Biljana Đorić Francuski

doi:10.21618/fil2429341d

Autori

Biljana Đorić Francuski Univerzitet u Beogradu Filološki fakultet Katedra za engleski jezik, književnost i kulturu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21618/fil2429341d

Ključne reči:

Irska, Indija, Britansko carstvo, postkolonijalizam, Lijam O’Flaerti, Kamala Markandaja

Apstrakt

Premda su geografski i etnički udaljene zemlje, Irska i Indija ipak imaju mnogo sličnosti, koje većinom potiču od činjenice da su obe ove države nekada bile kolonije Britanskog carstva. Pre sticanja nezavisnosti, na sličan način obeležene podelom zemlje, i Irska i Indija bile su bojišta kolonijalnih sukobljavanja, što je opisano u mnogobrojnim književnim delima. Cilj ovog rada je komparativna analiza odabranih romana irskog pisca Lijama O’Flaertija i indijske spisateljice Kamale Markandaje, u kojima je prikazan sukob između kolonizatora i kolonizovanih u te dve zemlje. Najvažnija činjenica do koje se dolazi takvim poređenjem ovih dela jeste da ni O’Flaerti ni Markandaja za bedu i patnje svog naroda ne optužuju nerazumno samo kolonizatora, budući da takođe okrivljuju i vladajuće strukture u svojim zemljama, svesni da njihov napredak može biti dostignut isključivo kao rezultat zajedničkih napora njihovih vlada i naroda.

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