Anticipating Apocalypse: Power Structures and the Periphery in Doris Lessing’s the Fifth Child and Ben, in the World

Anticipating Apocalypse: Power Structures and the Periphery in Doris Lessing’s the Fifth Child and Ben, in the World

This article argues that unremitting conflicts between the power centres and the individuals from the borderline spaces of the society characterise Doris Lessing’s novels The Fifth Child and Ben, in the World. The paper seeks to further the argument by applying Michel Foucault’s early work on power...

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Main Author: Islam Muhammad Saiful
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2013-03-01
Series:Romanian Journal of English Studies
Subjects:
elimination of the unregistered other
fear of the unknown
globalisation
intertextuality
resistance
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2013-0027
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Anticipating Apocalypse: Power Structures and the Periphery in Doris Lessing’s the Fifth Child and Ben, in the World
Romanian Journal of English Studies
elimination of the unregistered other
fear of the unknown
globalisation
intertextuality
resistance
author_facet Islam Muhammad Saiful
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title Anticipating Apocalypse: Power Structures and the Periphery in Doris Lessing’s the Fifth Child and Ben, in the World
title_short Anticipating Apocalypse: Power Structures and the Periphery in Doris Lessing’s the Fifth Child and Ben, in the World
title_full Anticipating Apocalypse: Power Structures and the Periphery in Doris Lessing’s the Fifth Child and Ben, in the World
title_fullStr Anticipating Apocalypse: Power Structures and the Periphery in Doris Lessing’s the Fifth Child and Ben, in the World
title_full_unstemmed Anticipating Apocalypse: Power Structures and the Periphery in Doris Lessing’s the Fifth Child and Ben, in the World
title_sort anticipating apocalypse: power structures and the periphery in doris lessing’s the fifth child and ben, in the world
publisher Sciendo
series Romanian Journal of English Studies
issn 1584-3734
publishDate 2013-03-01
description This article argues that unremitting conflicts between the power centres and the individuals from the borderline spaces of the society characterise Doris Lessing’s novels The Fifth Child and Ben, in the World. The paper seeks to further the argument by applying Michel Foucault’s early work on power and Zygmunt Bauman’s theory on liquid, thus postmodern, fear to manifest the implosion of the contemporary civilization that lives on global/local disparities and operates through subversive surveillance.
topic elimination of the unregistered other
fear of the unknown
globalisation
intertextuality
resistance
url https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2013-0027
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