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'Englishness' as a Problem in Julian Barnes' "England, England" and Andrea Levy's "Small Island"


Seminar Paper, 2013

10 Pages, Grade: 1,3

Anonymous


Abstract or Introduction

What is ‘Englishness’ and how can it be distinguished from ‘Britishness’? Why do we need these national identity concepts and why do they pose a problem? The purpose of this essay is to discuss these questions by means of a careful analysis of two selected books: Julian Barnes’ England, England and Andrea Levy’s Small Island. While both novels deal with the concept of ‘Englishness’, they do so in different ways. While Barnes exposes the constructedness of collective identities like ‘Englishness’, Levy reveals its excluding function and the paradoxes between ‘Englishness’ and ‘Britishness’ from the perspectives of Jamaican ‘Windrush’-migrants.

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Title
'Englishness' as a Problem in Julian Barnes' "England, England" and Andrea Levy's "Small Island"
College
Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel  (Englisches Seminar)
Course
“How to be English without being British?” or: “How to be British without being English?” Identities in Contemporary British Novels: Barnes, Ballard, Levy
Grade
1,3
Year
2013
Pages
10
Catalog Number
V265564
ISBN (eBook)
9783656553731
ISBN (Book)
9783656553830
File size
378 KB
Language
English
Keywords
englishness, problem, julian, barnes, england, andrea, levy, small, island
Quote paper
Anonymous, 2013, 'Englishness' as a Problem in Julian Barnes' "England, England" and Andrea Levy's "Small Island", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/265564

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