The Concept of Imperialism in George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant: An Analytical Study

Authors

  • Md.Mahroof Hossain Author
  • Moniruzzaman Author

Keywords:

Imperialism, Colonizers, Elephant, Literature, Burma

Abstract

Literature is the spontaneous expression of somebody’s thoughts, emotions in written form. Through literature we can envisage different facets of life whether they are political, social or environmental. Imperialism is one of the political notions that are used by different writers in their literary works. George Orwell, the pen name of Eric Arthur Blaire, the author of numerous novels, short stories and essays has been enlisted among the erudite writers of the 20th century literature. Orwell’s political writings focus upon popular political concepts of his time. The present study scrutinizes an important political essay ‘Shooting an Elephant’ by George Orwell in the light of imperialism. This study is qualitative in nature, in the sense that the data will be in the form of words or quotations. In terms of sources of data and how the data is interpreted, the study can also be categorized as a content analysis study. This study will help the theoretical writers to understand how imperialism has been molded in George Orwell’s ‘Shooting an Elephant’.

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2023-01-01

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2023): International Journal Of Teacher Education & Teaching January 2023

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