The literary revision of Négritude in Evelyn Waugh’s novel Scoop
- DOI
- 10.5922/2225-5346-2017-2-9
- Pages
- 95-102
Abstract
This article analyses the problems addressed in Evelyn Waugh’s novel Scoop, through the prism of imagology — the study of cultural stereotypes as presented in literature. Within the ideational structure of the novel, the author analyses the theory of négritude, which holds that the African civilisation plays a special role in the world. It is concluded that the négritude philosophy is expressed in the novel through grotesque and the theory of négritude should be analysed in the context of philosophical and historical categories of civilization and barbarism.
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