Essays about: "Caryl Phillips"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Caryl Phillips.
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1. The Multiple Burdens of Joyce : An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Joyce’s Life in Crossing the River
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay analyses the life of Joyce, the protagonist in “Somewhere in England”, the fourth section of Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips, using an intersectional feminist perspective. It attempts to show how patriarchy, classism, and racism intersect to shape Joyce’s life and to limit her possibilities. READ MORE
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2. The Father of Healing : An Analysis of the Father in Caryl Phillips’ Crossing the River
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : The father in Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips is a character burdened by guilt due to his implication in his children’s enslavement. He can be considered a supernatural being since his character transcends time. READ MORE
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3. The Giving Up of Greer: The Hypocrisy at the Heart of the Janus-Faced Empire : Writing Back Against the British Imperial Discourse
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : The aim of this essay is to examine the tension at the heart of the British colonial discourse as it affects the relationship of Travis and Joyce in the chapter "Somewhere in England", in Caryl Phillips's 1993 novel, Crossing the River. The thesis of the essay is that the colonial discourse of the British insists on a racial signifier in the imagined community of the British, and thus resists the idea that a person can be both black and British. READ MORE
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4. Crossing the River : An Example of Black Politics of Resistance
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : Caryl Phillis’s novel Crossing the River tells a story of the African diaspora caused by the slave trade. The novel not only depicts the physical aspect of diasporic life, but also sheds light on the cognitive aspects. READ MORE
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5. The Adopted Daughter of Africa : A Close Reading of Joyce in Crossing the River from Postcolonial and Feminist Perspectives
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : Abstract The aim of this essay is to explain why Caryl Phillips presents Joyce as "the adopted daughter of Africa" at the end of Crossing the River (1993). This will be done by performing a close reading. This essay will focus on Joyce’s actions and behaviour. READ MORE
