The Sun Also Sets: British Authors and the Death of the Empire

This thesis traces the decline of the British Empire through the perspectives of prominent British authors, beginning with Rudyard Kipling's Kim, which establishes the height of the British Empire. Thereafter, the Empire's decline is incisively chronicled through the various catalysts that contributed to the overall demise of the Empire: E.M Forster illustrates the impact of the introduction of British women into India in A Passage to India; George Orwell demonstrates the significance of burgeoning native dissent and the empowerment of the compradore class in Burma in Burmese Days; Anthony Burgess offers an exhaustive fictional meditation of the zenith of native resistance in Malaysia in The Long Day Wanes; and finally, Paul Scott provides insight into the death of the Empire where the inversion of British and native authority in liberated India has occurred in Staying On.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in English (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Literature and Philosophy

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Butler, Brian

Contributors dc:contributor

• Gautam Kundu
• Dustin Anderson

• ETD
• British Empire
• Imperialism

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/178

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1178