The ambivalence of an Anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s confessions of an old boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures

This paper focuses on ambivalence, a prominent concept in postcolonial studies and a recurrent theme in an anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s novel, Confessions of an Old Boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures(2007). As a result of ambivalence, the anglophile subject feels alien in his perception of himsel...

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Main Authors:	Abd Razak, Mohd Shukri, Mohd Nasir, Nora, Abdul Kadir, Maimunah, Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail
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Language:	English English
Published:	International Islamic University Malaysia 2019
Subjects:	PI Oriental languages and literatures
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spelling	iium-775422020-01-10T04:02:14Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77542/ The ambivalence of an Anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s confessions of an old boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures Abd Razak, Mohd Shukri Mohd Nasir, Nora Abdul Kadir, Maimunah Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail PI Oriental languages and literatures This paper focuses on ambivalence, a prominent concept in postcolonial studies and a recurrent theme in an anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s novel, Confessions of an Old Boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures(2007). As a result of ambivalence, the anglophile subject feels alien in his perception of himself and also towards others. The subject is also ambivalent towards his own culture. Using this framework, this article focuses on Kam Raslan’s protagonist, Dato’ Hamid, as an ambivalent anglophile subject. The findings reveal that reverence for the English culture, coupled with a British colonial education is what gives rise to such characters. It is the British education that has indoctrinated English values into the native’s life. The admiration of the anglophile towards the “English” culture can be seen in many aspects, such as language, dress code, behaviour, relationships, lifestyle, etc. All these elements become traits and characteristics of the anglophile. The study reveals the adoption, adaptation and assimilation of English traits and characteristics by the anglophile subject which has caused a sense of ambivalence in his perception of himself and towards the “other.” International Islamic University Malaysia 2019-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77542/3/77542%20he%20Ambivalence%20of%20an%20Anglophile%20Subject.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77542/4/77542%20he%20Ambivalence%20of%20an%20Anglophile%20Subject%20SCOPUS.pdf Abd Razak, Mohd Shukri and Mohd Nasir, Nora and Abdul Kadir, Maimunah and Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail (2019) The ambivalence of an Anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s confessions of an old boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures. Asiatic:IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, 13 (1). pp. 48-61. ISSN 1985-3106 E-ISSN 1985-3106 https://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL/article/view/1484/902
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spellingShingle	PI Oriental languages and literatures Abd Razak, Mohd Shukri Mohd Nasir, Nora Abdul Kadir, Maimunah Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail The ambivalence of an Anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s confessions of an old boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures
description	This paper focuses on ambivalence, a prominent concept in postcolonial studies and a recurrent theme in an anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s novel, Confessions of an Old Boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures(2007). As a result of ambivalence, the anglophile subject feels alien in his perception of himself and also towards others. The subject is also ambivalent towards his own culture. Using this framework, this article focuses on Kam Raslan’s protagonist, Dato’ Hamid, as an ambivalent anglophile subject. The findings reveal that reverence for the English culture, coupled with a British colonial education is what gives rise to such characters. It is the British education that has indoctrinated English values into the native’s life. The admiration of the anglophile towards the “English” culture can be seen in many aspects, such as language, dress code, behaviour, relationships, lifestyle, etc. All these elements become traits and characteristics of the anglophile. The study reveals the adoption, adaptation and assimilation of English traits and characteristics by the anglophile subject which has caused a sense of ambivalence in his perception of himself and towards the “other.”
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author	Abd Razak, Mohd Shukri Mohd Nasir, Nora Abdul Kadir, Maimunah Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail
author_facet	Abd Razak, Mohd Shukri Mohd Nasir, Nora Abdul Kadir, Maimunah Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail
author_sort	Abd Razak, Mohd Shukri
title	The ambivalence of an Anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s confessions of an old boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures
title_short	The ambivalence of an Anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s confessions of an old boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures
title_full	The ambivalence of an Anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s confessions of an old boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures
title_fullStr	The ambivalence of an Anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s confessions of an old boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures
title_full_unstemmed	The ambivalence of an Anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s confessions of an old boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures
title_sort	ambivalence of an anglophile subject in kam raslan’s confessions of an old boy: the dato’ hamid adventures
publisher	International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/77542/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77542/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77542/3/77542%20he%20Ambivalence%20of%20an%20Anglophile%20Subject.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/77542/4/77542%20he%20Ambivalence%20of%20an%20Anglophile%20Subject%20SCOPUS.pdf
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The ambivalence of an Anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s confessions of an old boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures

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