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POSTCOLONIALISM

POSTCOLONIALISM. Marco Maran. Meaning of Postcolonialism. Post-colonialism is an umbrella term made up by three component parts: Post: A Latinate prefix referring to something coming after something, therefore it is a movement referring to something previous

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POSTCOLONIALISM

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  1. POSTCOLONIALISM Marco Maran

  2. Meaning of Postcolonialism Post-colonialism is an umbrella term made up by three component parts: • Post: A Latinate prefix referring to something coming after something, therefore it is a movement referring to something previous • Colonial: since Post-colonialism comes after colonialism • Ism: suffix that generally brings with it a critical attitude

  3. About History • Without colonialism there would be no post-colonialism. • Colonialism is about the dominance of a strong nation over another weaker one. • Colonialism happens when a strong nation sees that its material interest and affluence require it to expand outside its borders. • Colonialism is the acquisition of the colonialist, by brute force, of extra markets, extra resources of raw material and manpower from the colonies. • The colonialist, while committing these atrocities against the natives and territories of the colonies, convinces himself that he stands on high moral grounds.

  4. Effects of Colonialism • Oppression is a basic ingredient of colonialism. • Oppression dehumanizes both the oppressor and the oppressed. • Most national movements were radical and violent in their approaches in response to the aggression of colonialism.

  5. Post-colonial Literature Post-colonialism mainly focus on: • The need in nations or group which have been colonized to achieve an uncontaminated identity • The relations and the effect of racism • The relationship between postcolonial and feminism • Race relations • Slaver • Apartheid • Mass extinction

  6. Postcolonial texts • culturally specific details • lack of tranlations or explanation of non-European practices • decentering of European-based reading • decentering of the white characters, who become faceless, nameless representative of a dominating power, shifting the power relationship within the text.

  7. Postcolonialism deals with • The cultural identity matters of colonized societies • The dilemmas of developing a national identity after colonial rule • The ways in which writers articulate and celebrate cultural identity

  8. Postcolonialism Today • expose to both the colonizer and ex-colonized the falsity or validity of their assumpions • is concerned with the social and cultural effect of colonization • the west paved its passage to the orient and the rest of the world is based on unconfounded truths.

  9. Postcolonialism Today • a modern phenomenon. • not a discrete occurence • an examination of premodern colonial activities will allow better understanding of modern structures of power domination

  10. The Pioneers of Post-colonialism • Edward Said • Franz Fanon • Homi Bhabha • J. M. Coetzee

  11. THE END Thanks for your attention

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