The interaction with Alterity in Paul Bowles's "A Distant Episode"

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Main Author: Gomes, Fernando
Publication Date: 2015
Format: Article
Language: por
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: "A Distant Episode" expresses some fundamental aspects of Bowles' fiction, particularly the futility of racial interaction and Western vanity in its dialogue with the "other". In this short story, Bowles exposes the tragic effects of confrontation with alterity and the ensuing disintegration of identity. In discussing "A Distant Episode", this article highlights Western presumption in its relationship with the "other", who hides his identity and refuses to be assimilated. The presence of stereotypes from colonialist discourse that interfere with cultural communication and the ineffectiveness of the dialogue between races are also discussed.
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title The interaction with Alterity in Paul Bowles's "A Distant Episode"
spellingShingle The interaction with Alterity in Paul Bowles's "A Distant Episode"
Gomes, Fernando
Paul Bowles
North Africa
Alterity
Identity
Orientalism
colonialist discourse
title_short The interaction with Alterity in Paul Bowles's "A Distant Episode"
title_full The interaction with Alterity in Paul Bowles's "A Distant Episode"
title_fullStr The interaction with Alterity in Paul Bowles's "A Distant Episode"
title_full_unstemmed The interaction with Alterity in Paul Bowles's "A Distant Episode"
title_sort The interaction with Alterity in Paul Bowles's "A Distant Episode"
author Gomes, Fernando
author_facet Gomes, Fernando
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gomes, Fernando
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Paul Bowles
North Africa
Alterity
Identity
Orientalism
colonialist discourse
topic Paul Bowles
North Africa
Alterity
Identity
Orientalism
colonialist discourse
description "A Distant Episode" expresses some fundamental aspects of Bowles' fiction, particularly the futility of racial interaction and Western vanity in its dialogue with the "other". In this short story, Bowles exposes the tragic effects of confrontation with alterity and the ensuing disintegration of identity. In discussing "A Distant Episode", this article highlights Western presumption in its relationship with the "other", who hides his identity and refuses to be assimilated. The presence of stereotypes from colonialist discourse that interfere with cultural communication and the ineffectiveness of the dialogue between races are also discussed.
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