Document Type : Research Article

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Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and Literature, Farhangian University, Ilam, Iran.

Abstract

Colonialism has been practiced by many countries in the last centuries or so. The kind of relationship between the colonizers and colonized has had mutual effects on the culture, identity, and many more aspects of the two countries. This paper deals with the concept of colonialism from both inner and outer views regarding Harold Pinter’s Caretaker and Chinua Achebe's No Longer at Ease with some references to Bhabhi's ideas respectively. Basing its method on content and text analysis, it reveals that the kind of colonialism going on regarding human attitudes, identity, and individual independence between Nigeria and England which is indicated by Achebe on the one hand as an example of outer colonialism, may be the inspiration for a paragon of inner colonialism in England portrayed in Pinter’s work on the other hand. The novelty of the paper’s illustration of the theme would be promising for further analysis and search.

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Article Title [Persian]

بررسی تطبیقی استعمارگری در آثار آچبه و پینتر

Abstract [Persian]

در سده های اخیر یا بیشتر استعمارگری در کشورهای زیادی وجود داشته است.رابطه بین استعمارگر و استعمار شونده تاثیرات متقابلی بر فرهنگ، هویت، و خیلی از جوانب دیگر دو کشور داشته است. این مقاله از منظر درون و برون به مقوله استعمارگری در آثار سرایدار هارولد پینتر و دیگر در آرامش نیست چینوا آچبه با نگاهی بر عقاید بهابهی می پردازد. تحقیق با تکیه بر تجزیه و تحلیل متن و محتوا نشان می دهد که عنایت به نگرشهای انسانی، هویت، و استقلال فردی نوع استعمارگری که در نیجریه در جریان است از یک طرف استعمارگری خارجی آچبه را بیان می کند و از طرفی دیگر مبین نوعی استعمار درونی است که پینتر آن را در انگلیس نشان داده است. جنبه نوآوری این مقاله در توصیف تمی است که در عنوان به آن اشاره شده است.

Keywords [Persian]

  • آچبه
  • پینتر
  • استعمارگری
  • بهابهی
  • هویت
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