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- Title
A Study of Ethnocentric Elements in David Treuer's The Translation of Dr. Apelles.
- Authors
Sindhu, S.; Raj, V. David Arputha
- Abstract
A society consists of a group of people who live in a territory, interact and identify themselves with one another. The people of the same society and territory share certain common aspects, such as religion, language, ethics and behaviour, etc. Culture is a defining element of society (people). The problem arises when different cultures of diverse nature live together in a society. Practicing some common aspects of one culture will inevitably offend or contradict the values of other cultures in the society. This may lead to misunderstandings, biases and judgments between different cultures in the society. The attitude of making judgments based on the criteria of one cultural group by applying those criteria in judging the behaviours and beliefs of people who may be from different cultural backgrounds is called ethnocentrism. This paper attempts to analyze in detail the ethnocentric attitudes, traits, causes and effects with reference to the Native American novel The Translation of Dr. Apelles by David Treuer, where the protagonist Dr. Apelles shows ethnocentric attitudes and suffers because of it. The paper also tries to find a solution through the character of the novel.
- Subjects
ETHNOCENTRISM; INDIGENOUS peoples; CULTURE; LANGUAGE &; languages; ETHICS
- Publication
Language in India, 2017, Vol 17, Issue 10, p272
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article