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Perspectival Oppositions, Ambivalence And The Converted “Colonizer” In James Clavell’S Shōgun

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  • Alexandra Mărginean

    (Romanian-American University)

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This paper is based on an analysis of the visions on life, the existence and role of the individual in the world and identity, as they appear projected by characters in the novel – the main character, Blackthorne, the Japanese woman he falls in love with, Mariko, and the Japanese community as an identity group. We demonstrate that the protagonist suffers a radical transformation in his outlook on all the above, the result being his “becoming”, a new man. We are interested in pinpointing the double nature of the characters and, to this end, we will reveal the aspects in which ambivalence is detected.

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  • Alexandra Mărginean, 2014. "Perspectival Oppositions, Ambivalence And The Converted “Colonizer” In James Clavell’S Shōgun," Romanian Economic Business Review, Romanian-American University, vol. 9(3), pages 91-101, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:rau:journl:v:9:y:2014:i:3:p:91-101
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