Racial Consciousness in Hemingway’s Fiction
Journal Title: Notions A Journal of English Literature - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 2
Abstract
This paper explores how Hemingway’s fiction looks if we bring his non-white characters out of the background and asks how we must define Hemingway’s conception of American identity differently when it is constructed on the basis of race. It will help us in understanding Hemingway’s works, the American literary tradition, our own grasp of American identity when it is defined by racial difference more than father-son bonding, rejection of women, love of wilderness, or fear in war. It will also help in describing the conflicted place of native Americans in American history and demonstrates how Hemingway first represented this aspect of American history in three Indian stories “Indian Camp”, “The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife” and “Ten Indians”.
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Dr. Upasana Singh
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