The East India Company and the Imperialist Writing in Vanity Fair
At the beginning of the 19th century,the British East India Company had transformed from a trading company into a ruling organization in India,and the taxes it levied became the main source of income for the colonial plunder of the British Empire.William M.Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair sets the East India Company as the background.The novel not only satirizes and criticizes the ugliness of all beings who pursue fame and fortune in British society,but also reveals the corrosive effect of over-seas colonization and imperialism on British society.This paper applies Marx's theory of colonial criti-cism and Edward Said's theory of post-colonialism to analyze the imperial financial resources of the East India Company,the backlash effect of colonialism and the hegemonic characteristics of overseas troops.It also explores the ubiquitous imperial consciousness in the novel and colonial ideas,and showcases the key role played by the East India Company in the construction of the British imperialist colonial system.
Vanity FairThackeraythe East India Companyimperialist writing
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