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An Aristotelian Reading of the Feminine Voice-as-Revolution in E. M. Forster's A Passage To India.

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From: Papers on Language & Literature
Date: 19990101
Author:WALLS, ELIZABETH MACLEOD

In his novel "A Passage to India', E.M. Forster uses the female character to criticize the patriarchy of British imperialism and its gender and ethnic roles. By refuting the assumptions of British officials and declaring the defendant innocent, Adela Quested disrupts the complacency of patriarchal authority and removes herself and the non-British defendant from their expected roles.

"But the crisis was still to come."

--E. M. Forster, A Passage To India

A Passage To India is a novel about moments, those both historical and topical, within which the immediate context of an ...

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