The impossible relation with the 'other' in 'The Time of Friendship'

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Main Author: Gomes, Fernando
Publication Date: 2014
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: This paper aims to demonstrate that of all Bowles’s short stories, “The Time of Friendship” probably most subtly represents the complexity of human relations and the essence of the author’s perception of the confrontation between the West and its alterity: the presumptive attempt to assimilate the “other’s” culture and the impossibility of a genuine relation between peoples where cultures diverge fundamentally. The paper also intends to show that this short story summarises the favorite themes of the author, particularly the criticism of both the colonialists and the separatists in their annihilation of a geopolitical ideal, as well as his nostalgia for colonial and pre-colonial times; a perspective that indicates an orientalist bias.
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title The impossible relation with the 'other' in 'The Time of Friendship'
spellingShingle The impossible relation with the 'other' in 'The Time of Friendship'
Gomes, Fernando
Paul Bowles
Alterity
Post-colonialism
North-Africa
title_short The impossible relation with the 'other' in 'The Time of Friendship'
title_full The impossible relation with the 'other' in 'The Time of Friendship'
title_fullStr The impossible relation with the 'other' in 'The Time of Friendship'
title_full_unstemmed The impossible relation with the 'other' in 'The Time of Friendship'
title_sort The impossible relation with the 'other' in 'The Time of Friendship'
author Gomes, Fernando
author_facet Gomes, Fernando
author_role author
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Paul Bowles
Alterity
Post-colonialism
North-Africa
topic Paul Bowles
Alterity
Post-colonialism
North-Africa
description This paper aims to demonstrate that of all Bowles’s short stories, “The Time of Friendship” probably most subtly represents the complexity of human relations and the essence of the author’s perception of the confrontation between the West and its alterity: the presumptive attempt to assimilate the “other’s” culture and the impossibility of a genuine relation between peoples where cultures diverge fundamentally. The paper also intends to show that this short story summarises the favorite themes of the author, particularly the criticism of both the colonialists and the separatists in their annihilation of a geopolitical ideal, as well as his nostalgia for colonial and pre-colonial times; a perspective that indicates an orientalist bias.
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