Post+Colonialism

Post Colonialist critics write about it after specific cultures that are conquered. Post colonialism explains how traditional values are changing to new ones. Critics look at the issues of power, economics, politics, religion and culture and how these elements work in relation to the colonizers control the colonized. Chinua Achebe was one of the first to use this type of criticism in 1958 with his novel //Things Fall Apart.// In this novel, he explained the cultural clash between native African American culture and the traditional white culture of missionaries in Nigeria. However, it emerged as a distinct category in the 1990’s. 1.) Reject the claims to universalism on canonical Western literature and seek to show its limitations of outlook 2.) Examine representations of other cultures in literature 3.) Show how literature can be silent on matters concerning with colonization and imperialism 4.) Foreground questions of cultural difference and diversity 5.) Celebrate hybridity and “cultural polyvalence” (when individuals/groups belong to more than one culture) 6.) Develop a perspective that uniqueness in the world is a source of energy and potential change
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Cite: Brizee, Allen and J. Tompkins Case. The Purdue Owl Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 21 April 2010. Web. 5 November 2013. “Chinua Achebe.” 2013. The Biograpghy Channel Website. Web. 5 November 2013.

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