The Oriental Other: Aissa in An Outcast of the Islands
Abstract
The main purpose of this study is to offer a postcolonial reading of women in Joseph Conrad’s novel An Outcast of the Islands (1896). Joseph Conrad is one of the outstanding writers who has dedicated his literature to depict the prospects of social interaction between the colonizer and the colonized. Most of Conrad’s characters are men, whereas women appear in his novels as either random minor figures or submissive, passive creatures. In this novel, Conrad expresses his anxiety about man’s loss of masculinity to a strong woman. Conrad uses native female character to prove that racism, oppression, and injustice are at the heart of imperialism. Conrad gives the female characters a voice so they may struggle in their personal life, making commentary on the practices of an imperialist, patriarchal society.
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