Orientalism in Edward Morgan Forster's Novel A Passage to India
The aim of this thesis, entitled Orientalism in Edward Morgan Forster's novel A Passage to India is to apply the concept of Orientalism, originally formed by Edward Said in his work Orientalism, through the examples given in Forster's novel A Passage to India. Furthermore, the concepts of Orientalism and Orient are described, as well as the historical context of India and the circumstances that came before and during its colonisation by the English. What is more, the biography and the critical perspective of the writer himself, Edward Morgan Forster, are discussed together with his novel A Passage to India for which all the important notes are exposed. Different approaches of the main characters in the novel, whether they are English or Indian are shown in relation to each other, ranging from the "superior" attitude of the vast majority of the Anglo Indian community to the morally acceptable approach made by few members of the English nation. On the contrary, the Indians, their characteristics and comportment towards their "superior ones" in this case, the English are also discussed in this thesis, together with the possibility of friendship between the members of these two nations that seems to be rather impossible after taking all things and facts into account.