V. S. NAİPAUL’UN NEHRİN DÖNEMECİ ADLI ESERİNDE TARİH VE UZAM
HISTORY AND SPACE IN A BEND IN THE RIVER BY V. S. NAIPAUL

Summary/Abstract: Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul focuses on political, economic and cultural structure of an unnamed country which has gained independence after experiencing colonialism. The fact that the name of the country is ungiven helps the novel have an allegorical aspect. The author wants to emphasize the fact that almost all countries with an experience of colonization have passed through similar processes in the independence years. The narrative makes implicit references to central Africa. Moreover, this novel is remarkable in that it has a special interest in history, place and space. In addition to the comments by the central character Salim and others on history and space, the narrative itself offers the experience of livedness to the reader together with changing perceptions of history and space.

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