Reference : The Civilized Pretence Caryl Phillips and A Distant Shore

	Document type :	Parts of books : Contribution to collective works
	Discipline(s) :	Arts & humanities : Literature
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/70709

Title :	The Civilized Pretence Caryl Phillips and A Distant Shore
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Gabrielle, Cindy [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des langues et littératures modernes > Littérature anglaise moderne et littérature américaine >]
Publication date :	Mar-2012
Main document title :	Caryl Phillips: Writing in the Key of Life
Editor :	Ledent, Bénédicte
	Tunca, Daria
Publisher :	Rodopi
Collection and collection volume :	Cross/Cultures 146
ISBN :	978-90-420-3455-6
City :	Amsterdam & New York
Country :	The Netherlands
Keywords :	[en] Caryl Phillips ; A Distant Shore ; Decency vs Savagery
Abstract :	[en] It is tempting to argue that, in A Distant Shore, Caryl Phillips entrusts a black gentleman with the mission to civilize uncouth English people. My contention, however, is to try and show the extent to which the text itself undermines the very idea that decency is a safeguard against savagery. If immigration indeed reveals English people’s inner darkness, it is also the case that the mask of good manners worn by Solomon or Dorothy gradually falls apart. In the end, dignified behaviour, once defined by Dorothy as essential to the distinction between human beings and animals, is exposed as a mere civilized pretence.
Research units :	Cerep
Name of the research project :	Caryl Phillips: Writing in the Key of Life
Target :	Researchers ; Students
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/70709

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