Perspectives on Colonialism: A Study of Alex La Guma’s “A Walk in the Night” and R.K Narayan’s “A Horse and Two Goats”. (#9727)

Abstract The spread of colonial empire was introduced in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by the American Revolutionary war and the Latin American wars of independence. Colonialism is the policy of acquiring and maintaining colonies, especially for exploitation. Colonialism therefore will be examined in Alex La Guma's A Walk in the Night and R.K Narayan's A Horse and Two Goats. They both showcase the ailments of colonialism in their respective works. Apartheid in South Africa has perpetrated on the lives of South Africans and perhaps death of a character in La Guma's A Walk in the Night, due to racism. For clearer understanding of this study, it is pertinent that the concept race and oppression be defined. race is any major biological division of mankind, distinguished by colour and texture of hair, colour of skin and eye stature. Oppression- is the act of oppressing, the imposition of unreasonable burdens, either in taxes, services, excessing rigorous government severity. Racial oppression the severity or misery imposed on a particular people with the same biological features by another group or specie of mankind. Therefore, colonialism will be examine in South Africa's apartheid regime, how South Africans were treated and La Guma tells how a character (Willieboy) his killed unlawfully in A Walk in the Night. Also how Narayan showcases instances of colonialism in. A Horse and Two Goats. Really, colonialism has caused Africans so many problems, which some of these generate till date. The means to stop this phenomenon occurrence is for Africans to live in unity.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page Certification   Dedication   Acknowledgements   Abstract    
Table of contents   CHAPTER ONE   1.1        Background of the study   1.2.       Introduction   1.2.1.    History of colonialism   1.2.2.    Definition of colonialism   1.13      Race   1.1.3.1` Oppression   1.1.3.2  Racial Oppression   1.1.4.   Indirect rule   1.2      Aims and Objectives   1.3      Scope and limitation 1.4      Justification   1.5      End Note of study
CHAPTER TWO Literature review 2.1     Narayan Review   2.1.1  Malgudi 2.1.2  Critical reception   2.2     La Guma Review  
CHAPTER THREE Literary analysis of Alex La Guma's A Walk in the Night and R.K Narayan's A Horse and Two Goats. 3.1    Introduction.   3.2    Plot   3.3    Themes   3.3.1  Racial Oppression   3.3.2  Racial discrimination 3.3.3  Racial violence 3.4     Characterization   3.4.1  Michael Adonis   3.4.2  Willieboy   3.4.3  Uncle Doughty   3.4.4  Police Constable Raalt 3.4.5  Joe   3.4.6  Andries   3.5    Setting   3.6    Point of View 3.7    Conclusion     CHAPTER FOUR Literary analysis of R.K Narayan's A Horse and two Goats. 4.1    Introduction   4.2    Plot   4.3    Themes   4.3.1 Culture clash 4.3.2 Wealth and poverty 4.4    Characterization   4.4.1 The man (American) 4.4.2  Muni   4.4.3  The wife   4.4.4  The Shopman 4.5     Setting   4.6    Point of view   4.7    Realism   4.8    Humour   4.9    Conclusion  
CHAPTER FIVE Comparative work of Alex La Guma's A Walk in the Night and R.K. Narayan's A Horse and two Goats. CONCLUSION   BIBLIOGRAPHY