عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
شماره کتابشناسی ملی
شماره
TL48775
زبان اثر
زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن
انگلیسی
عنوان و نام پديدآور
عنوان اصلي
Paul Scott's The Jewel in the Crown: A Novelist's Philosophy of History and the End of the British Raj
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Kathryn A. Hughes Nedegaard
نام ساير پديدآوران
Iseminger, Gordon
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
The University of North Dakota
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2016
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
122
يادداشت کلی
متن يادداشت
Committee members: Broedel, Hans; Mochoruk, James
یادداشتهای مربوط به نشر، بخش و غیره
متن يادداشت
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-83624-9
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
M.A.
نظم درجات
History
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
The University of North Dakota
امتياز متن
2016
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
ABSTRACT
This thesis is a study of Paul Scott's best-known novel The Jewel in the Crown,
published in 1966. Scott noted that much of the research and writing on the British
Raj that ended in 1947, lacked an adequate understanding of the union that had
endured for more than three centuries. Scott believed too that many interpretations
of why the Raj ended relied too heavily on monolithic categories of "us and them"
and that they over-emphasized the socio-political and economic influences of
empire. He also believed that many scholars of the Raj ignored the love that existed
among all the people who lived in India (including Hindu, Muslim, British, and
Eurasian) and that, by failing to acknowledge the love, writers deprived their
readers of the joy inherent in those memories. Therefore, they were unable to offer
satisfactory explanations of why the Raj ended the way it did.
With his skill as an author, Scott used his novel to explain his philosophy of
history and to discuss the end of the British Raj by including the voices of the
individuals who experienced the Raj, those who represented it in all its complexity.
He placed his characters in a setting in northern India where they, and not the sociopolitical
and economic climate, played center stage. Through their interpersonal
exchanges, the characters revealed the thoughts, feelings, and emotions that
explained why they acted as they did during this period. The places in which they
did so retained their history and influenced the thoughts and behaviors of those
who followed, connecting past to present and having an impact on the future.
vii
Scott used symbols and metaphors to reveal these connections, the two most
prominent being the MacGregor House and Bibighar Gardens. Both reflected
important aspects of Indo-British history, and they helped to explain the
relationship that existed at the end of the Raj. By relating the actions of those who
inhabited and visited these places, together with the histories of the places, Scott
allowed his readers to experience the past and, thus, to understand, not only how
the Raj had ended but, more significantly, why it had ended.
Paul Scott not only used his unique philosophy of history to explain why the
Raj ended the way it did, but also showed that decency and integrity were the acme
of human interaction and that both could be found in all humans, no matter their
race or their station in life. In his novel the characters revealed their intentions and
character and Scott believed that both were foundational to history because the
consequences at the nexus of personal interactions could not be predetermined.
They could only be recorded by the places in which they occurred and then
remembered by people in the future who frequented these places.
Scott was not dogmatic in his approach, but he metaphorically guided his
readers through the novel in order to explore, not only what had happened, but also
why. By revealing his unique philosophy of history, he succeeded in sharing with
his readers the joy of the Indo-British relationship, with all of its love, complexities,
and concurrent difficulties.
This thesis is a study of Paul Scott's best-known novel The Jewel in the Crown,
published in 1966. Scott noted that much of the research and writing on the British
Raj that ended in 1947, lacked an adequate understanding of the union that had
endured for more than three centuries. Scott believed too that many interpretations
of why the Raj ended relied too heavily on monolithic categories of "us and them"
and that they over-emphasized the socio-political and economic influences of
empire. He also believed that many scholars of the Raj ignored the love that existed
among all the people who lived in India (including Hindu, Muslim, British, and
Eurasian) and that, by failing to acknowledge the love, writers deprived their
readers of the joy inherent in those memories. Therefore, they were unable to offer
satisfactory explanations of why the Raj ended the way it did.
With his skill as an author, Scott used his novel to explain his philosophy of
history and to discuss the end of the British Raj by including the voices of the
individuals who experienced the Raj, those who represented it in all its complexity.
He placed his characters in a setting in northern India where they, and not the sociopolitical
and economic climate, played center stage. Through their interpersonal
exchanges, the characters revealed the thoughts, feelings, and emotions that
explained why they acted as they did during this period. The places in which they
did so retained their history and influenced the thoughts and behaviors of those
who followed, connecting past to present and having an impact on the future.
vii
Scott used symbols and metaphors to reveal these connections, the two most
prominent being the MacGregor House and Bibighar Gardens. Both reflected
important aspects of Indo-British history, and they helped to explain the
relationship that existed at the end of the Raj. By relating the actions of those who
inhabited and visited these places, together with the histories of the places, Scott
allowed his readers to experience the past and, thus, to understand, not only how
the Raj had ended but, more significantly, why it had ended.
Paul Scott not only used his unique philosophy of history to explain why the
Raj ended the way it did, but also showed that decency and integrity were the acme
of human interaction and that both could be found in all humans, no matter their
race or their station in life. In his novel the characters revealed their intentions and
character and Scott believed that both were foundational to history because the
consequences at the nexus of personal interactions could not be predetermined.
They could only be recorded by the places in which they occurred and then
remembered by people in the future who frequented these places.
Scott was not dogmatic in his approach, but he metaphorically guided his
readers through the novel in order to explore, not only what had happened, but also
why. By revealing his unique philosophy of history, he succeeded in sharing with
his readers the joy of the Indo-British relationship, with all of its love, complexities,
and concurrent difficulties.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
History; British and Irish literature
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
Language, literature and linguistics;Social sciences;British empire;British raj;End of british empire;Historiography of british empire;Paul scott;The jewel in the crown
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )
مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده
Aryal, Parmeshwor
نام شخص - ( مسئولیت معنوی درجه دوم )
مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده
Iseminger, Gordon
شناسه افزوده (تنالگان)
تقسيم فرعي
History
مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده
The University of North Dakota
شماره دستیابی
شماره بازیابی
1796968893; 10125552
دسترسی و محل الکترونیکی
نام الکترونيکي
مطالعه متن کتاب وضعیت انتشار
فرمت انتشار
p
اطلاعات رکورد کتابشناسی
نوع ماده
[Thesis]
کد کاربرگه
276903
اطلاعات دسترسی رکورد
سطح دسترسي
a
تكميل شده
Y
