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American Research Journal of English and Literature
ISSN (Online): 2378-9026
DOI: 10.46568/arjel
The Elements of Post Colonialism and Cultural Hybridity in David Malouf’s Remembering Babylon: A Study
Abstract
The present paper wants to decipher that from a post-colonial perspective; Remembering Babylon is a
pessimistic assessment of the colonial project; a lament for the missed opportunities which is a meeting of
disparate cultures that could provide for humanity. Gemmy’s double personality can make a cultural harmony
between the aborigines and the whites. But neither the aborigines nor the whites accept Gemmy’s identity. Hence it
has led to a breakdown of cultural harmony. Thus, the novel can be regarded as participating in the struggle between
settler culture and First Nation’s people.