| Rudyard Kipling, the first British winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, he was ever acclaimed as one of the greatest writers of his time and enjoyed great popularity. But nowadays his works are no longer read so widely as before. Kipling's fate in literary circles has been among the most dramatic ones. Maybe the most important reason is the positioning of him as an imperialistic writer.Efforts have been made in this thesis to approach a rightful analysis of Kipling. Although there is imperialist tendency in his works, the author of this thesis believes that the labeling of Kipling as an imperialist writer regardless of Kipling's personal identity crisis and the social context is much biased.Besides, there is strong evidence showing that the address on Kipling as an imperialist writer does him no justice. We can clearly see Kipling's idea of reconciliation of East-West is ahead of his timesTo sum up, the author of this thesis does want to give him a rightful place in literature and hopes that the labeling as an imperialist can clear up by analyzing his masterpiece Kim, which is one of the most important and controversial novels ever written by Kipling. |
