Cultural Encounters in Edward Morgan Forster’s "A Passage to India"

Abstract

Abstract This dissertation entitled Cultural Encounters In APassage to India by E.M.Forsteraims to investigate the real motives that led to the cultural clash between the British and theIndians under the British Raj, The latter delineates Forster's narrative centers on Dr. Aziz, a young Indian physician whose attempt to establish friendships with several British characters has disastrous consequences. In the course of the novel, Dr. Aziz is accused of attempting to rape a young Englishwoman. Aziz's friend Mr. Fielding, a British teacher, helps to defend Aziz. Although the charges against Aziz are dropped during his trial, the gulf between the British and native Indians grows wider than ever, and the novel ends on an ambiguous note.Consequently, under the shadow of postcolonial and psychoanalytic theories ,the following paper endeavors two fundamental objectives; the first is toanalyse the oppressed relationship between the colonizer and the colonized within the colonial context ;history has great impact on the people's psyche creating status that changes the course of the human relations. the second is to highlight the difficulties that come to face any attempt of connection and friendship between English and an Indian.