Between Transgression and Conviviality: Everyday Urban Space and the Carnivalesque Strategies in The Lonely Londoners

IF 0.1 3区 文学 0 LITERATURE TEXAS STUDIES IN LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI:10.7560/tsll64203
B. Jeon
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abstract:This article examines how the everyday space of postwar London in Sam Selvon's The Lonely Londoners is reimagined by Caribbean migrants, whose resilience generates comedy and the spirit of the carnival. I argue that Selvon uses his depictions of the city to show his Black Londoners at play as culturally assertive and sexually eccentric types who counter the adversity in the host society. While discussing how the novel's portrayal of the carnivalesque allows for the expression of immigrant agency, I stress the convivial nature of sex and comedy as a central model of their cultural negotiation.
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在越轨与欢乐之间:《孤独的伦敦人》中的日常城市空间与狂欢策略
摘要:本文探讨了Sam Selvon的《孤独的伦敦人》中战后伦敦的日常空间是如何被加勒比移民重新想象的,他们的韧性产生了喜剧和狂欢节的精神。我认为,塞尔文用他对这座城市的描绘来表明,他笔下的伦敦黑人在文化上是自信的,在性方面是古怪的,他们能应对东道国社会的逆境。在讨论小说对狂欢节的刻画如何允许移民代理的表达时,我强调性和喜剧的欢乐本质是他们文化谈判的核心模式。
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