Indigenous language

Homi Bhabha‘s work transformed the study of colonialism by applying post-structuralist methodologies to colonial texts. He used the term ‗difference‘ for works of many distinct writers. So he explores and extends the relevance of post-structuralism for cultural difference. Bhabha states that the domination of the colonized depends on the assertion of difference: the colonized are inferior to the colonizers. Bhabha also believes that the colonial authority knows that this supposed difference is…

‘territory’, as well as ‘institutions’ form the two core components of statehood. On the other hand, nationhood refers to ‘a historical community, more or less institutionally complete, occupying a given territory or homeland, sharing a distinct language and culture’. In the case of Malaysia today, the nation is commonly known as bangsa, with close links to the Malay race. This essay will examine the importance…

In “The Economy of Manichean Allegory: The Function of Racial Difference in Colonialist Literature” he writes of the two phases of colonialism; the dominant period of material practices and the hegemonic phase of ‘discursive ideological practices’. The former seeks and exercises direct control and coercion. Here the covert and material practices such as “policies of population transfers, gerrymandering of borders, and forced production” (80) affect native’s physical presence and subjugate him.…

Lecture 11 Frantz Fanon, “Concerning Violence” This reading is about the colonies, and it mostly focuses on the Decolonization. It defines the colonies as replacing one type of mankind with another. Decolonization is a historical process and it is deeply rooted in people history and beliefs. The Decolonization process always happens with violence. One of the examples for Decolonization is the separation of the United States from the Britsh colony. lots people lost their lives in does wars till…

In like manner, within Pêro Vaz de Caminha’s Carta the writing makes a clear statement of the writer’s apparent feelings of cultural shock. Moreover, the written description of the Portuguese’s discovery of Brazil, expresses the disorientation of the Portuguese when they encountered peoples and culture extremely different from that of their own. Fundamentally, this letter is a description, to the king of Portugal, on the ways in which native culture and lifestyle works. Actually, in the letter…

colonialism. Moreover, postcolonial can be defined as studies a scholastic teach that clarifies and analyzes to social legacy of colonialism it also examines the outcome of colonial rule on the cultural aspects of the colony and treatment of woman, Language and literature.as well as, “Postcolonialism in literature it focus on the emergent nature of work from postcolonized societies and alteration. It also avoided problems with the term ‘Commonwealth’, which had been criticized as glossing…

Identity determines the qualities and beliefs that distinguish or identify a person or thing. Going back into Canadian history, the children of the Indigenous community were taken from their families and placed in residential schools where they were forced to follow Christian traditions, forbidden to practice their own. As years went by, the Indigenous children adapted to the culture of the ‘white man’ country, forgetting where they came from and leaving their roots behind. Joseph Boyden uses…

Distinctively visual images perceived in the mind of the reader and audience respectively as it will have a positive or negative affect upon their understanding of the text. John Mistos ‘The Shoe Horn Sonata’, leaves the audience vulnerable and open to their own personal perception and unconsciously make a judgement upon the text. His purpose for this play was to make Australians aware of the heroism of the nurses in the Fall of Singapore in WWII. He believed that it was disgraceful that, fifty…

Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is considered part of the literary canon. Its status as a part of the canon has been subject to much debate. On one hand, the novel is considered a social critique of European imperialism. On the other, it is deemed a product of racism and dehumanization of the African people. While both of these arguments are perfectly valid, a contemporary view that acknowledges Conrad’s limited view of Africa would recognize that the unsatisfactory depiction of the African…

Mahasweta Devi, a proficient Bengali writer and activist who puts a question mark on the democratic and civilized nation, India. It is imperative to have a clear understanding of “marginalised “in order to understand and appreciate the writings of Mahasweta. According to the Oxford Dictionary, the concept “marginalize” means “to make somebody feel as if they are not important and cannot influence decisions or events; or to put somebody in a powerless position”. Mahasweta empathetically restates…