The Legacy of Colonialism: Existential Crisis in Garth St. Omer’s Another Place, Another Time
This article examines Saint Lucian author, Garth St. Omer’s Another Place, Another Time, which depicts Derek Charles, the protagonist, and other minor characters, as exiles due to colonial education and/or the colonial experience and mentality that were passed down from their enslaved ancestors....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute of English Studies
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.anglica.ia.uw.edu.pl/images/pdf/26-1-articles/Anglica_26-1_MSWillie_193-206.pdf |
| Summary: | This article examines Saint Lucian author, Garth St. Omer’s Another Place, Another Time,
which depicts Derek Charles, the protagonist, and other minor characters, as exiles due
to colonial education and/or the colonial experience and mentality that were passed down
from their enslaved ancestors. As a result, the characters suffer from a pervasive existential
crisis. They question their existence and suffer anguish, bad faith, somnambulism
and a number of other issues. But St. Omer indicates that the only way to overcome such
psychological and emotional turmoil is to negate what was taught before and choose a different
kind of life. |
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| ISSN: | 0860-5734 0860-5734 |