Impressions of Anglo-Indian Society in R. Kipling’s Early Creative Art

Posudiyevska, Olga

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Impressions of Anglo-Indian Society in R. Kipling’s Early Creative Art

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This study concentrates on the analysis of early works by Rudyard Kipling who was born into the family of English colonists to India, thus becoming a representative of the newly formed Anglo-Indian society. The writer’s sketch Anglo-Indian Society (1887) and his collection of short stories Plain Tales from the Hills (1888) depict the characteristic features of Anglo-Indians’ worldview and lifestyle, which are revealed and analyzed by the author of the article. Special attention is paid to biographical factors influencing the author’s choice of Anglo-Indian topic at the beginning of his writing career. The researcher concludes that Kipling presents in his works an outline of Anglo-Indian society which emerged from the writer’s observations of Anglo-Indians’ lives during his work as a reporter. Striving for credibility in consideration of advantages and shortcomings of Anglo-Indian worldview and lifestyle, the author tries to occupy the position of the unconcerned observer, being capable of assessing the situation with fresh mind. Kipling disguises himself under the image of the hero-narrator, being either a tourist traveler from abroad, or a reporter, accustomed to collecting factual material for the local paper, in such a way receiving an opportunity to speak ironically and sometimes even sarcastically about certain models of behavior, accepted by Anglo-Indians.

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International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (Volume 71)

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1-5

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https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.71.1

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O. Posudiyevska, "Impressions of Anglo-Indian Society in R. Kipling’s Early Creative Art", International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Vol. 71, pp. 1-5, 2016

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July 2016

Authors:

Olga Posudiyevska

Keywords:

Anglo-Indians, Exotic Country, Lifestyle, Outline, Study of Society, Worldview

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