Anti colonialism, Binarism, Primitivism, The third world, commonwealth

Name – Shital D ItaliyaRoll no – 29Paper – 11(post colonial literature)Submitted to - Smt .S.B.Gardy Department of English M.K.Bhavnagar university Bhavnagar

What is Anti- colonialism?

It emphasizes the need to reject colonial power

and restore local control.

It signifies the point at which the various forms of

opposition become articulated as a resistance

to the operations of colonialism in political, economic, and cultural

institution.

Anti - colonialism

According to Wilmot Blyden, James Africanus Horton

2nd half of twentieth century

Forms of anti colonialism

Anti colonialism

Articulated of a radical Marxist

discourse of liberation.

C.L.R.James, Amilcar cabra and Franz Fanon

Cabral Developed the idea of empower and recognize the local as a

specific and distinct feature of post colonial politics

Duality or combination of

two things

Particular meaning in post colonial

theory

First established by French structural

linguistics Ferdinand De Saussure

Meaning of signExample

Sun – MoonMan – WomanBirth - Death

Binarism

Contemporary post structuralist and feminist

theories have demonstrated the extent to which such

binaries entail has a violent hierarchy

ExampleMan over WomanBirth over DeathWhite over Black

Tendency of western thought in general to see

the world in terms of binary opposition that

establish a relation of

dominance.

ExampleCentre/ Margin

Metropolis/ empireCivilized/ primitive

Binary opposition are structurally related to one another.

ExampleColonizer – colonizedWhite – BlackAdvanced – retardedGood – evil Beautiful - ugly

Primitivism

Widely used in art history, identify specific modern school of art and

writing that emphasizes

simplicity of form or theme.

Its broader use defines a form of style perceived to represent an early

stage of human culture Endeavour. Thus early human

art is often describe as a primitive art.

It defines teleological unfolding of

human history from simple to

complex.

The early primitive

It is a culmination and fulfillment in later sophisticated or civilized art. Uneducated that is untrained and unschooled artist. Work does not reflect the dominant artistic conventions.

Primitivist

Primitive art

Native American Indian Australian Aboriginal art

commonwealth

Traditional English term for political community founded for the

common good.

Historically it has synonymous with

“republic”

The original phrase “the commonwealth” comes from the old meaning of “wealth”

which is well being.

Literary meant “common well being”

17th century commonwealth meaning

Public welfareCommon weal

A state in which the supreme power is vested in the people; a republic or

democratic state.

Third world

Used in 1952 during the so

called cold war period, by the politician and

economist Alfred sauvy.

First world was used widely at

the time to designate the

dominant economic power

of the west

Second world was employed to refer to the

soviet union and its satellites

First world countries

CanadaAustraliaSouth Africa

Third world countries

United Nations

Thank you…