Colonial discourse as a psychic defense mechanism : A reading of F. Nightingale's Letters from Egypt and W. Golding's , An Egyptian Journal : Acomparative study /
Asmaa Ali Mohamed Mansour Amer
Colonial discourse as a psychic defense mechanism : A reading of F. Nightingale's Letters from Egypt and W. Golding's , An Egyptian Journal : Acomparative study / الخطاب الإ ستعمارى وسيلة للدفاع عن النفس : قراءة لخطابات من مصر لفلورانس نايتنجيل و جريدة مصرية لوليام جولدنج : دراسة مقارنة Asmaa Ali Mohamed Mansour Amer ; Supervised Sahar Sobhi Abdelhakim - Cairo : Asmaa Ali Mohamed Mansour Amer , 2018 - 152 P. ; 25cm
Thesis (M.A.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Arts - Department of English
The present thesis endeavors to conduct a comparative study between Florence Nightingale's Letters from Egypt: A Journey on the Nile (1849-1850) and William Golding's An Egyptian Journal (1985). The two texts in question are discussed in terms of their relevance to the dynamics of the colonial discourse. The objective of juxtaposing two different historical periods is to find out how far the colonial discourse is still at work in the postcolonial era. The study adopts a psychological approach in its analysis of these travelogues. It appraises the intersection between Freudian defense mechanisms and the perceptions, representations, stereotypical images and platitudes presented by travel writers in the colonial/ postcolonial eras. It postulates that both Nightingale and Golding recruit a set of defense mechanisms in order to inoculate themselves from the feelings of anxiety that they experience during their journeys across Egypt. It also interrogates whether they deploy the same defense mechanisms or not
Colonial discourse Postcolonial era Psychological approach
Colonial discourse as a psychic defense mechanism : A reading of F. Nightingale's Letters from Egypt and W. Golding's , An Egyptian Journal : Acomparative study / الخطاب الإ ستعمارى وسيلة للدفاع عن النفس : قراءة لخطابات من مصر لفلورانس نايتنجيل و جريدة مصرية لوليام جولدنج : دراسة مقارنة Asmaa Ali Mohamed Mansour Amer ; Supervised Sahar Sobhi Abdelhakim - Cairo : Asmaa Ali Mohamed Mansour Amer , 2018 - 152 P. ; 25cm
Thesis (M.A.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Arts - Department of English
The present thesis endeavors to conduct a comparative study between Florence Nightingale's Letters from Egypt: A Journey on the Nile (1849-1850) and William Golding's An Egyptian Journal (1985). The two texts in question are discussed in terms of their relevance to the dynamics of the colonial discourse. The objective of juxtaposing two different historical periods is to find out how far the colonial discourse is still at work in the postcolonial era. The study adopts a psychological approach in its analysis of these travelogues. It appraises the intersection between Freudian defense mechanisms and the perceptions, representations, stereotypical images and platitudes presented by travel writers in the colonial/ postcolonial eras. It postulates that both Nightingale and Golding recruit a set of defense mechanisms in order to inoculate themselves from the feelings of anxiety that they experience during their journeys across Egypt. It also interrogates whether they deploy the same defense mechanisms or not
Colonial discourse Postcolonial era Psychological approach