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    Postcolonial literature addresses the problems and consequences of decolonization, especially questions relating to political and cultural independence. Key terms include: De-colonialism is the process of dismantling colonist power and decolonizing minds from colonizer's ideas. Commonwealth literature is writing from countries that were formerly part of the British Empire. Postcolonial feminism examines colonialism's different impacts on men and women. Racism, orientalism, and hybridity are also addressed.

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    Postcolonial literature addresses the problems and consequences of decolonization, especially questions relating to political and cultural independence. Key terms include: De-colonialism is the process of dismantling colonist power and decolonizing minds from colonizer's ideas. Commonwealth literature is writing from countries that were formerly part of the British Empire. Postcolonial feminism examines colonialism's different impacts on men and women. Racism, orientalism, and hybridity are also addressed.

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    Key Terms of Postcolonial Literature

    Prepared by : Komal Shahedapuri


    Roll No : 14
    Paper – 11 : The Postcolonial Literature
    M.A (English) : Sem -3
    Enrollment No: 2069108420170027
    Batch : 2016-18
    Email ID : [email protected]
    Submitted to : Smt .S. B Gardi ,
    Department of English’
    M.K Bhavnagar University
    What is the Postcolonial Literature ?
    • Postcolonial literature is the literature of
    countries that were colonized , mainly by
    European countries. Postcolonial literature
    often addresses the problems and
    consequences of the decolonization of a
    country, especially questions relating to the
    political and cultural independence of
    formerly subjugated people. In postcolonial
    theory, voice given to marginal identities or
    characters who are on the periphery in the
    early narration or in history, but through the
    retelling of history from post colonial
    perspective, these identities come in the
    centre.
    Key Terms of Postcolonial Literature
    • De-colonialism
    • Commonwealth Literature
    • Postcolonial Feminism
    • Racism
    • Orientalism
    • Hybridity
    De-Colonization
    • “Decolonization is the process of revealing and
    dismantling colonist power in all its forms, this
    includes dismantling the hidden aspects of
    those institution and cultural forces that had
    maintained the colonialist power and that
    remained even after political independence” .
    • It is not only “removal of the domination of non-
    Indigenous forces” but also it refers to
    “decolonizes of mind “ from colonizer's ideas.
    • Examples- Black Skin White Mask by Frantz
    Fanon
    • Decolonising the Mind: the Politics of Language
    in African Literature by Kenyan novelist and post-
    colonial theorist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
    Commonwealth Literature
     What is Commonwealth ?

    • Commonwealth means British nation which is a


    political community.
    • The Commonwealth is an Intergovernmental
    organizational 54 nations which were formally part of
    British Empire.
    • The original phrase “the commonwealth” or “the
    common weal” comes from the old meaning of
    “wealth” which is “well-being”. The term literary meant
    “common well being”.
    What is the Commonwealth Literature?
    Commonwealth is associated with those which were
    ruled by British, known as Commonwealth Countries
    and the literature get nearer out from these are known
    as Commonwealth Literature.

    “A body of writing created in the English language


    by persons who are themselves white Britons or
    Irish or citizens of United states of America”

    Commonwealth writers
    Salman Rushdie,
    R. K. Narayan,
    Nayantara Sahgal and
    Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
    Japanese Nobel Kazuo Ishiguro.
    Postcolonial Feminism
    • “If you have acquired real knowledge, than give too no place
    in your heart to ‘memsahib’ like behaviour. That is not
    becoming in a Bengali house-wife, how an educated woman
    can do house-work thoughtfully and systematically in a way
    unknown to an ignorant, uneducated woman . And if God had
    not appointed us to this place in the home, how a place this
    world would be.
    - Chatterji,1989)
    • Colonialism operates differently for men and women. It also
    known as Double Colonialism
    • Ex– Gayatri Spivak’s“Can Subaltern Speak?”
    • "The subaltern cannot speak there is no virtue in global
    laundry lists with 'woman' as a pious item. Representation has
    not withered away the female intellectual has a circumscribed
    task which she must not disown with a flourish“.
    - Gayatri Spivak
    Racism
    • Racism is prejudice, discrimination, antagonism
    directed against someone of a different race
    based on the belief that one's own race is
    superior.
    • Examples- ‘The Bluest eyes’ by Toni Morrison
    and ‘Things Fall Apart’ (African Trilogy) by
    Chinua Achebe
    • Movie ‘Queen’ by Vikas Bahl and ‘English
    Vinglish’ by Guari Shinde
    • Are human beings essentially the same or
    different ?
    • Is difference defined primarily by racial
    attributes?
    • Binary opposition of the society also proves that
    there are some differences in the human-beings.
    Orientalism
    • “Orientalism” is a way of seeing that imagines ,
    emphasizes , exaggerates and distorts differences of
    Arab people and cultures as compared to that of
    Europe and U.S it often involves seeing Arab culture
    as exotic , backward , uncivilized , and at times ,
    dangerous.

    • Edward Said’s essay ‘Orientalism’ is a best


    example to know about it in which it is said that
    • Orientalism offered Middle Eastern studies,
    transforming the way practitioners of the discipline
    describe and examine the Middle East.
    • Hybridity is a creation of new transcultural forms
    within the contact zone produced by colonization.
    • The term refers to the Cross- breeding of two
    separate species by grafting to a form third ,
    ‘hybrid species’. ’Hybridity’ is journey from
    biological to cultural discussions.
    • It is the mixture of two cultures, races or religions.
    It can be linguistic, cultural, political ,racial, social
    and religious. It’s not necessarily peaceful
    mixture.
    • Example- Kurta with Jeans and many more like
    in food, festivals, marriage etc.

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