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Black Identity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Novel Americanah
Nika Vaupotič, 2018, master's thesis

Abstract: The thesis analysed the formation of black identity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Americanah (2013). It aimed to uncover whether it is possible to talk about black identity, how it is formed and what influences its formation. It primarily explored how the author presented the formation of black identity in the protagonist of the novel through factors such as race, racism and racial terminology, body image, skin, hair and hair salons. In conducting the analysis of the problem, various critical approaches have been used, such as close reading of the text, formalist and stylistic analyses, review of literature and scholarly articles about the author and black identity, and the biographical method, followed by an evaluation and comprehensive interpretation of the topic in the scope of historical, social and linguistic contexts. Based on the examples presented, it appeared that exposure to various forms of racism, racial discrimination and marginalization, primarily connected to visual appearance, social position, treatment and opportunities (e.g., lighter skin and straighter hair improve one’s job prospects), led the protagonist to discover the meaning of being black in America. Thus, the research showed that the formation of black identity is influenced by the environment in which one lives and the social attitudes to which one is exposed.
Keywords: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah, African American hair, African American literature, blackness, black identity, race, racism
Published in DKUM: 25.09.2018; Views: 1207; Downloads: 176
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FORSTER'S NOVEL A PASSAGE TO INDIA, ITS COMPARISON WITH THE MOVIE A PASSAGE TO INDIA, DIRECTED BY DAVID LEAN AND COMPARISON OF LEAN'S MOVIE WITH THE MOVIE THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
Iztok Dremelj, 2013, undergraduate thesis

Abstract: India was ruled by the British for almost one hundred years (between 1858 and 1947). E.M Forster visited India several times at the time of British occupation. He observed the relationship between the Indian and the British people in India. His novel A Passage to India was published in 1924. In my diploma paper I will analyze the relationship between the British and the Indians as they are presented in Forster’s novel. The British did not exploit only Indian natural sources, but also Indian people, who had to work for very low salaries and they had almost no civil rights. What follows is the comparison between Forster’s novel and the movie based on the novel A Passage to India. This movie was directed by David Lean in the year 1984. I will focus on the differences in content, character descriptions and also the presentation of the relationship between the British and the Indians. In the last part I will compare Lean’s movie A Passage to India with the movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, directed by John Madden in the year 2012. Both movies take place in India, but in different time period, A Passage to India during the British occupation of India and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel after that. I will try to find similarities and also differences between these two movies, especially in the relationship between the British and Indian people in India.
Keywords: racism, colonialism, the British Raj, India, the Anglo-Indians
Published in DKUM: 08.01.2014; Views: 2852; Downloads: 206
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