Insights into the Dynamics of History: A Glow after Memory of a Postcolonial World inV.S.Naipaul’sThe Mimic Men
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Dynamics of History, Caribbean cultural identity, Caribbeansand the Island CommunityAbstract
V.S.Naipaul’s longing for a great Caribbeanarchipelago within the scope of his novel
entitledThe Mimic Men is praiseworthy. Naipaul is a Trinidadian writer stationed in Britain.
He was educated in England. His novel The Mimic Men (1967) is a vivid account of the
different influences shaping the Caribbean community and individuals. His book invokes a
personal journey cast through the character of Singh. The protagonist is the archetype of a
critical criollist. The granted awards to Naipaul testify to his genius in adopting and adapting
his narrative to accentuate the multi-culturality of the Caribbean.Naipaul belongs to the
Black Caribbean diaspora. Yet, he has been stationed in different metropolitan centres.
Hisliterary outputs thus match his existential predicament.As a black Caribbean
writer,Naipaul embodies both first and third world sensibilities. He can speak on behalf of
diasporic identities. The composite of his inclusive representations of Caribbeans finds itself
expressed in a nostalgic discourse for a great Caribbean archipelago. Impelled by a growing
desire to delineate the features of a Caribbean identity which defies easy categorizations, this
paperestablishes a cultural identity for Caribbeanswithout imposing any restricted definition
of identity.Also, this paper strives to rewrite the theory of postcolonialism in an endeavour to
meet the complexity of the Caribbean archipelago and the identity of its inhabitants.
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