Authors:

Edward Owen Teggin

Abstract:

“This article seeks to broaden the ongoing debate surrounding the nature and structure of colonial anxiety by incorporating elements of literary discussion into the conversation. It is a commonly experienced problem that the current definition of colonial anxiety is not mutable, and is often viewed as a singular indivisible whole. This, of course, cannot be the case due to the inherent links between anxiety generally, and its sub-set “colonial anxiety”. Whilst there are many methods of examining colonial anxiety, the current study seeks to examine the problem through literature. The investigation will examine George Orwell’s Burmese Days and Multatuli’s Max Havelaar as core texts. Whilst Orwell’s anti-imperial feelings have been well publicized, as has Multatuli’s anti-colonial standpoint, the notion that they were individual colonial servants who likely, it is argued, suffered from colonial anxiety, has not. Also crucial to the discussion will be the attempt to more fully integrate diverse regions such as Burma and Indonesia into the wider debate on colonial anxiety.”

Keywords

Keyword Not Available

Downloads:

Download data is not yet available.

References

References Not Available

PDF:

https://jurnal.harianregional.com/sastra/full-74161

Published

2021-11-08

How To Cite

TEGGIN, Edward Owen. Colonial Anxiety Through Literary Signifier.Humanis, [S.l.], v. 25, n. 4, p. 415-425, nov. 2021. ISSN 2302-920X. Available at: https://jurnal.harianregional.com/sastra/id-74161. Date accessed: 28 Aug. 2025. doi:https://doi.org/10.24843/JH.2021.v25.i04.p02.

Citation Format

ABNT, APA, BibTeX, CBE, EndNote - EndNote format (Macintosh & Windows), MLA, ProCite - RIS format (Macintosh & Windows), RefWorks, Reference Manager - RIS format (Windows only), Turabian

Issue

Vol 25 No 4 (2021)

Section

Articles

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License