Critics- Small Island Flashcards
(10 cards)
What does Lloyd Best coin the term “Afro-Saxon” as?
-‘a person of African descent who identifies closely with English or Anglo-American culture and values’
What does Balfourth say about communication with immigrants and Hortense’s experience? 2
1) ‘Immigrant populations can find that silence becomes easier than repeated attempts to communicate’
2)‘Hortense creates a narrative in which the England she inhabits is not the real England at all.’
What does Ellis say about multi-culturalism in Small island?
-multiculturalism is “disruptive, violent, and overwhelmed by flawed characters.”
What does Ellis state about the polyphonic narration in Small Island?
‘Shifting perspectives [do] not privilege a particular subject position over another.’
What does Corinne Duboin say about housing in Small Island?
“the black characters standing on the threshold, looking for housing , are obviously representative of newcomers willing to integrate into British society.”
What does Corinne Duboin state about Hortense’s arrival in Britain?
-Queenie’s mute bell, Hortense’s persistent knocks… the constant rebuffs from white landlords who retrench behind closed doors all signify Britain’s insular hostility towards foreigners, racism and xenophobia”
What did Susheila Nasta say about Lonely Londoners and link this to SI instead
“post-war Caribbean migration to Britain encapsulates the romance and disenchantment of an imagined city that was both magnet and nightmare for its new colonial citizens”
What does Bonnie Greer say Hortense is?
“both the child and the orphan of the Empire.”
What does Jamie Walton say about Hortense?
“The most devoted believer in Britain’s all round greatness was Hortense”
What does Phillips say getting rejected by the teaching institution did to Hortense?
“The revelation almost destroys her self esteem, but it also sets her on a path to self-discovery”
