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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-902f1a74fa3d484f983ec2a0739d10e92022-12-22T00:01:43ZengInstitute of English StudiesAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies0860-57340860-57342017-10-01261193206The Legacy of Colonialism: Existential Crisis in Garth St. Omer’s Another Place, Another TimeMalica S. Willie0University of the West IndiesThis 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.http://www.anglica.ia.uw.edu.pl/images/pdf/26-1-articles/Anglica_26-1_MSWillie_193-206.pdfcolonial experienceGarth St. Omer’spsychological impact |
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| title | The Legacy of Colonialism: Existential Crisis in Garth St. Omer’s Another Place, Another Time |
| title_full | The Legacy of Colonialism: Existential Crisis in Garth St. Omer’s Another Place, Another Time |
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| title_short | The Legacy of Colonialism: Existential Crisis in Garth St. Omer’s Another Place, Another Time |
| title_sort | legacy of colonialism existential crisis in garth st omer s another place another time |
| topic | colonial experience Garth St. Omer’s psychological impact |
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