An Introduction to Post-Colonialism, Post-colonial Theory and Post-colonial Literature

 Post-colonial literature: It's about writers from former British

colonies exploring themes like independence, identity, and
migration.
 Post-colonial theory: It's a critical approach analyzing literature
from colonies, looking at otherness and resistance.
 Edward Said's "Orientalism": A foundational book for post-colonial
theory.
 Otherness: Rejecting the power of the colonizers to define, while
incorporating values and meanings.
 Reclaiming the past: A fragmented process, revisiting but not fully
recreating the past.
 Resistance: Subversion, opposition, or mimicry, but with elements
of what is resisted.
 Hybridity: Integrating cultural signs from colonizer and colonized,
enriching yet oppressive.
 Language and aesthetics: Writing in diverse styles and deviating
from Western norms.
 Cultural translation: Understanding symbols across diverse cultural
experiences.
 Colonizer's literature: Expressing myths and experiences of the new
culture, diverging from the colonizing nation.
 Colonialist vs. post-colonial literature: Colonialist literature
continues the British tradition, while post-colonial explores
otherness and resistance.