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POST COLONIAL LITERARY CRITICISM - Coggle Diagram
POST COLONIAL LITERARY CRITICISM
Definition
Post colonialism tends
to include
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countries that haven't yet achieved independence
people in First world countries that are minorities
the study of balances of power
The literature commonly originates from countries colonized by European powers.
Post-colonial pertains to as society moving away from another society’s cultural values, ethics, psychology etc to form an identity of their own.
Terminology related to PC
hegemony
displacement-dislocation
cultural denigration
hybridity
internal colonialism (a way in which a country's dominant group exploits minority groups for its economic advantages)
The subject illustrates the unique & contrasting perspectives of the colonial era, & the struggling display of nationalism that emerged during the time period.
Colonial discourse theory figure
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1988)
hemegony
homogenization
subaltern
Edward Wadie Said (1978)
other/otherness
occidentalism
mimicry
orientalism
Concerns of PC
dominating-dominated
linguistic and cultural imposition
colonizer-colonized
Post-Colonial Texts (examples)
Things Fall Apart (1958)
, Chinua Achebe
The Stranger
, Albert Chamus
Heart of Darkness
, Joseph Conrad
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Black Skin, White Masks
, Frantz Fanon
Two Kinds
, Amy Tan
Analysing Text from a PC Viewpoint
asserting cultural integrity
assert the richness & validity of indigenous cultures in an effort to restore pride in practices & traditions
revising history
tell things from the perspective of those colonized
reclaiming spaces and places
restoring connection between indigenous people and places