Publication details
Language as a Mirror of Cultural Syncretism
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Theory and Practice in English Studies (THEPES) |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| web | http://www.phil.muni.cz/plonedata/wkaa/The%20PES/THEPES_2013_Vol%206_issue%202.pdf |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Description | Samuel selvon is a West Indian author who immigrated into the Western country,which places him into a problematic position as a writer. Oscillating between several different cultural traditions with unequal power relations ascribed to them, he faces the difficulties of finding an appropriate way of expression, which would reflect the plurality of his experience while still being graspable and comprehensible to wider audience, yet resisting mimicry of the dominant culture. Language and liter-ary form become, side by side with the topical themes, essential tools in this quest. |