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Negotiating Ethnic Difference in RestorationTravel Fiction
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July 6, 2012
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Following the skeptical attitude towards foreign nations and culturesduring the Renaissance, travel fictions during the English Restoration took amore liberal approach to ethnic difference. The anonymous novel Peppa (1689)artfully presents Western stereotypes about ethnic others as being based on falseassumptions and outright lies. A crucial scene in this cross-national love plot isbased on ethnic fakery, thereby presenting to its readers the constructedness ofnational and cultural identities. A second text example discusses John Dunton’sA Voyage round the World (1691), arguing that through its unusual form and theresulting openness it reveals the relativity of all cultural norms and nationalstereotypes. By presenting domestic scenes through the prism of colonialistderision, Dunton turns the tables on English nationalist discourse. Both textsthus invite their readers to confront national, ethnic, and cultural differencemore open-mindedly and be aware of the power of language and discourse toinfluence public opinion.
Published Online: 2012-07-06
Published in Print: 2012-07-01
© 2012 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
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