The Legacy of Colonialism: Existential Crisis in Garth St. Omer’s Another Place, Another Time

• Authors: Willie Malica S.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

This article examines Saint Lucian author, Garth St. Omer’s Another Place, Another Time, which depicts Derek Charles, the protagonist, and other minor characters, as exiles due to colonial education and/or the colonial experience and mentality that were passed down from their enslaved ancestors. As a result, the characters suff er from a pervasive existential crisis. They question their existence and suff er anguish, bad faith, somnambulism and a number of other issues. But St. Omer indicates that the only way to overcome such psychological and emotional turmoil is to negate what was taught before and choose a different kind of life.

Keywords

EN

postcolonial; slavery; education; novel; Garth St. Omar; homeland

• Publisher: Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw
• Journal: Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 26/1
• Pages: 193-206

Contributors

author

Willie Malica S.

• University of the West Indies

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