Decolonization in
Decolonization
in Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom Cabin, Life among the Lowly
Hajiali Sepahvand
English Department, Faculty
of Arts, Khorramabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khorramabad, Iran
Abstract: The
study tries to explore decolonization, which is a process to achieve cultural
independence, in Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom Cabin, Life among the Lowly.
As an autonomous American author, Stowe applies the techniques to declare the
American independent themes; namely decolonization through literature, which is
a component of a national culture. She, purposely, depicts the consciously
imagination of American archetypal tendency of sacrifice and heroism to
instruct the members of her society, like other nation’s autonomous authors,
abrogation of the legitimized Master/Slave discourse. Moreover, she undermines
this hierarchical classification through the dialectic encounter between
characters and introduces Uncle Tom as American Jesus who presents the
unpresentable notion of Master/Slave in the Bible. This new American
interpretation, unlike traditional Biblical notion of Master/Slave, announces
that it is impossible to be a true Christian and also a slave owner; therefore,
the article explores an America theme in the novel, that is, decolonization.
[Hajiali Sepahvand. Decolonization in Beecher
Stowe’s Uncle Tom Cabin, Life among the Lowly. Life Sci
J2013;10(1):3021-3029] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com.
Keywords- abrogation, decolonization, master/slave, undermining, unpresentable.
