期刊刊名：南榮學報 　 卷期：20期

篇名出版日期：2017年7月1日

作者：Hsiu-Chuan Fan,范秀娟

語言：English

關鍵字：V.S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River, cultural heritage preservation, content analysis,奈波爾,《大河灣》,文化遺產保存,文本分析

被點閱次數：3次

閱讀時間：19sec

摘要：
This paper is purposed to illustrate the theme of cultural heritage preservation in V.S. Naipaul's A Bend in the River by the method of content analysis. V.S. Naipaul won the Nobel Prize in literature in 2001. His travel novel, A Bend in the River, published in 1979, is ranked one of the top 100 English novels. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization started to advocate the protection of cultural diversity in 1972. As the novel is semi-autobiographical, Naipaul recorded his experiences of touring post-colonial Africa. In this paper, the travel novel will be discussed in the respective of cultural heritage preservation, with special reference to Naipaul's characterization and portrayals of the African monuments, African masks and the chief's stick in the travel novel. In conclusion, Naipaul asserts the importance of cultural heritage preservation in his novel and awakens the Africans to cherish their past to obtain the sense of identity and belonging.

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