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The Image Of The “Te-rain” in Rudyard Kipling's "Kim"

Name: The Image Of The “Te-rain” in Rudyard Kipling's "Kim"
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Author: M. A. Aaron Faßbender
ISBN: 978-3-656-06209-7

Term Paper, 2005

8 Pages, Grade: 1,3 (A)

M. A. Aaron Faßbender (Author)

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1. Introduction
There is no other institution in Rudyard Kipling‟s Kim, which has a comparable importance for the description of India than the railway. It serves not only as a location for the plot, but as a symbol for the power and the progress of the British Empire in India. On the following pages these roles of the “te-rain” will become investigated: After a view on the history of the railway in colonial India, its importance for the story and as a metaphor of the colonial Empire will be discussed. The conclusion will deal with the question how Kipling‟s introduction of the train in his novel fits together with his inter-pretation of Empire.

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Title: The Image Of The “Te-rain” in Rudyard Kipling's "Kim"
College: Georgetown University (History)
Course: Novels Of Empire (Colloquium)
Grade: 1,3 (A)
Author: M. A. Aaron Faßbender (Author)
Year: 2005
Pages: 8
Catalog Number: V182499
ISBN (eBook): 9783656062097
File size: 424 KB
Language: English
Notes: Professor Catherine Evtuhov's introduction to the colloquium): "Literary and visual texts sometimes express the essence of historical experience more powerfully than "factual" narratives or historical debates. This class will focus on four such texts [...] which take empire as their central theme. They are taken from different empires, different chronological periods, and different (but sometimes interrelated) phases of imperial conquest, development, and decline. Our task will essentially be a close reading of the texts, and the reconstruction of their historical and geographical context."
Keywords: Britsh Empire, Rudyard, Kipling, Kim, Imperialismus, India, Colonism, Kolonie, Kolonialzeit, Eisenbahn, 19. Jahrhundert, Industrielle Revolution, Colonial India, Industrial Revolution, Lahore, Nobelpreis, Literatur, Bengali, 1901, 19th century, train, Modernization, railways, Modernisierung, koloniale, Stereotype, White Man's Burden, Civilization, Zivilisation, Imperium, Natives, Eingeborene, Great Britain, Großbritannien, Commonwealth, Britischer Kolonialismus, Imperialism, Evtuhov, Rudyard Kipling, Britisch-Indien, British-India

Quote paper: M. A. Aaron Faßbender (Author), 2005, The Image Of The “Te-rain” in Rudyard Kipling's "Kim", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/182499

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