El-Tawassol التواصل
Volume 24, Numéro 4, Pages 270-278
2020-02-01

The Theme Of Alienation In D'arcy Mcnickle's The Surrounded

Authors : Benkhodja Abida .

Abstract

Alienation is one of the major studied themes in Modern Native American Literature. The clash of cultures is the determining force that alienates the American Indian from the white and Indian worlds. In D’Arcy McNickle’s first novel The Surrounded, published in 1936, the main characters are victimized by the white society; they are caught between two different cultures and are often unable to resolve this conflict. This paper analyzes McNickle’s novel and throws light on alienation in a context specific approach. The dynamics of specific situations will be captured in order to determine alienation in the novel.

Keywords

Alienation, Culture, Native American Literature, The Surrounded.