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I believe that the use of Creole acting, mimicry, and canonical counter-discourse is central to Derek Walcott's play, Pantomime.
**Trinidad** |
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What is canonical counter-discourse?
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a new literary text that is based on an established text from the Western canon, but calls into question assumptions about power relations (ie, race; language) and social structures
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What is Creole acting?
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Is related to the notion of mimicry and relies on improvisation.
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Seen in the play?
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Symbolised through the parrot
“You people create nothing. You imitate everything. It’s all been done before, Jackson. The parrot. Think that’s something? It’s from The Seagull. It’s from Miss Julie. You can’t ever be original, boy” Walcott 148). |
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Why is this significant?
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Jackson's killing of the parrot shows his xxx and is in a way the killing of postcolonialism.
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