Critics Flashcards
(16 cards)
What question does Chandra believe evokes from RF?
“Who is to be blamed?”
What type of fundamentalist does Chandra say Changez is?
“he isn’t a reluctant fundamentalist. Rather, he is a fairly deliberate and self-deluding one”
What is Lull’s theory?
What does this say about westernisation?
Decontextualised neo-fundamentalism - immigrants are marginalised and disrespected, causing them to ghettoise themself and refuse to integrate.
Westernisation has not led to equality.
What does Eads say about the significance of Changez’ name?
Changez is the “Urdu name for Ghengis”, a warrior, highlighting the both internal and external conflicts he battles throughout the process of assimilation.
What does Madiou describe the reluctant fundamentalist as?
“not a monologue disguised as a dialogue, but a dialogue disguised as a monologue.”
What does Duboin say regarding the style of Levy’s ‘Small Island’? Why?
What novels does this compare to?
“realist female bildungsroman” - highlights the growth of Hortense and Gilbert’s relationship, alongside the growth of hybrid identities.
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
“Universal need…
…to find a place in the world” - Chapman
What does Knight say about Hortense’s attitude?
“air of superiority” - shield against host community
What does Georgina Ramsay say about the personification of the ‘Mother Country’?
“personification of England shows both the imbalance of power and the infantilisation of Jamaican people.”
“makes rejection particularly powerful”
What does Crimp say about twins in SI?
What does this link to in small island?
“twin motif serves to satirise the view of white racists, that all black people look the same”.
When the American GIs insist that Gilbert sits with the black American soldiers in the cinema.
What does Ramsay say about England as a “very cold country”?
It’s a “double entendre” referring to the weather but also the hostile nature of the host community.
What does Ramsay say about the English labelling Jamaica as “Africa”?
“The imbalance of knowledge reiterates the one-sided nature of the relationship between Jamaica and its mother country.”
May also highlight the limited intellect of colonisers.
“the less Hortense…
…wants to reveal her emotions, the more pompous her language becomes” - Balfourth
What does Sutherland call the death of languages as a result of colonialism?
“A language massacre”
“Linguicide”
What does Rohsan Doug say about the politeness of immigrants?
“overt politeness…makes him the outsider” - an immigrants effort into conforming to the ‘good immigrant’ narrative ultimately serves as the catalyst for their disconnect.
What does Balfourth say regarding language?
“language is a powerful vehicle and being understood is vital to survival”
