post colonial : an introduction paper no : 11 ( post colonial literature)

Name : Gohil Hetalba Std : M.A. – I Sem – 2 Sub : paper no : (12) Roll no : 08 Topic : Post colonial: An

Introduction Submitted to : Dept. of

English Dr. Dilip Barad Year : 2013 – 2014

Introduction

Definition Origin Post colonial writer and their work

Post colonial literature

Academicdiscourse

Thatfeatures

Method of discourse

Analyses

Explain

Respond

to

Cultural legacies of colonialism

Imperialism

Economies exploitationOf native

Economies exploitationOf native

Land people

Definition

Post colonialism is the theoretical wing of postcoloniality. It refers to a mode of reading, political, analysis and cultural resistance/ intervention that deals with the history of colonialism and present Neo – colonial structures.

Post colonialism refers to

Mode of reading

Political analysisCultural resistance

Intervention

Social Problems

Colonial rule

Oppression Adaptation

Resistance

Gives idea to understand

Robert young Tricoinentalism

Asia

Africa

America

Origin

Post colonial writing began with the independence of the colonial countries. Post colonial theory can be said to have originated in the mid – twentieth century text of Franz fanon, Aime Cesaire, and Albert Memmi.

The three major characteristics of the post colonial writing

The silencing and marginalization of the post colonial voice by the imperial centre.The abrogation of the imperial centre within the text.The active appropriation of the language and culture of the centre.

Post colonial writers

Gyatri Chakrvati SpivakHomi K Bhabha

Franz fanon

Mahatma Gandhi

African culture and European culture

Different Cultures

Clash Tension

Colonizers Colonized

Whites Blacks

Traditionalism Modernism

Writer and their works

• Homi Bhabha : - Still life ( 2004)• On Cultural choice ( 2ooo)• Fanon’s work : Black skin white mask• Sociology of revolution• Gyatri Spivak’s work: Selected

subaltern studies• Gandhiji’s work : •