Representation of the Black in Brown’s Clotel: or the President Daughter
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This thesis deals with therepresentation of the Blacks in William Wells
Brown's Clotel;or the President's Daughter.It arguesthat the representation has not
beenhonest;it has denigrated the dignity of theBlackand delegated them to the rank
of the people of inferior race. The thesis borrows ides from Frantz Fanon and other
post-colonial critic who underscore politics and racial design behind
misrepresentation of the people of onerace, especiallytheBlacks,by
Westernscholarship.Through the analyses of thenovel'snarrative, thethesis also
excavates linguistic strategies that have been used to perpetuate such racial
discrimination.Thisthesis,therefore, analyses the plot as well as the
narrativelanguage, and shows how the description of the plot, depiction of the
character andthe use of the language have been made a tool of discrimination and
misrepresentation.By doingso,it unveilsthe irony thecharacterize the American
society, which is apparently is apparently democratic, but is practically still racist to a
great extent.