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    “Hybrid theory” What is colonialism? Slavery & subordination The roman concept of “Colonia” The colonial Rationale The “Other” as uncivilized Colonial power as superior Subaltern consciousness/ culture is misguided/inferior Colonial power as a civilizing force Subaltern: the “OTHER” Colonial and imperial rule was legitimized by anthropological theories which increasingly portrayed the peoples of the colonized world as inferior‚ feminine‚ childlike‚ incapable of looking after themselves

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    Michigan woods similar to the one in his story (244). Because of these obvious biographical parallels‚ Hemingway has an understanding that enables him to write in a postcolonial fashion. Postcolonialism originated in 1970. It "piggy backed" on the already existent study of African American literature. Postcolonialism quickly progressed and now encompasses literature from any culture that has been oppressed or colonized. Postcolonialist critics attempt to view the limited views and biases of colonialized

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    Postcolonialism is a term that ranges from artistic actions‚ political theories‚ cultural theories‚ and social ideologies which have created a new genre of African writers in the mid to late twentieth century that theorize this term. The fallout‚ drawbacks‚ and social emergences that have come out of colonialism appear to have taken the definition of postcolonialism up to a certain point because according to some theorists of postcolonialism‚ the definition still remains subjective. At this point

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    Postmodernism has been described as a new version of Western cultural imperialism. Discuss the relationship between postmodernism and ’postcolonialism’. Postmodern theory been applauded as liberating‚ even democratising‚ in its rejection of absolutism and in its refusal to accept the dictates of hierarchy and certainty. It calls for the abandonment of the modernist qualities of objective truth‚ centralized knowledge‚ totalising explanations and determinacy . Rather‚ postmodern theory advocates

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    Postmodernism ¡§There is a sense in which if one sees modernism as the culture of modernity‚ postmodernism is the culture of postmodernity¡¨ (Sarup 1993). ¡§Modern‚ overloaded individuals‚ desperately trying to maintain rootedness and integrity...ultimately are pushed to the point where there is little reason not to believe that all value-orientations are equally well-founded. Therefore‚ increasingly‚ choice becomes meaningless. According to Baudrillard (1984: 38-9)‚ we must now come to terms

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    New criticism approaches - FOUZIA LAKHMOR - G3 - S4 - ON : 530 New Criticism A literary movement that started in the late 1920s and 1930s and originated in reaction to traditional criticism that new critics saw as largely concerned with matters extraneous to the text‚ e.g.‚

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    that these newest traditions emerged after modernity‚ structuralism or colonialism and also as a protest‚ negation of and rupture with past traditions. Let us look upon the three major “post”-traditions ’’ postmodernism‚ poststructuralism and postcolonialism and compare them with the critical traditions. Postmodernism Working in the postmodern traditions is completely different from working in the critical traditions. Postmodernists call for a radically different orientation toward phenomena such

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    Cited: -Benjamin‚ M. A Question of Identity: Women‚ science and literature. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press‚ 1993 -Bhabha‚ Homi K -Loomba‚ Ania. Colonialism/Postcolonialism. New York: Routledge‚ 1998. -McLeod‚ John. Beginning Postcolonialism. Manchester: Manchester University Press‚ 2000. Rhys‚ Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea. Ed. Judith L. Raiskin. New York: Norton‚ 1999. Sarup‚ M. Identity‚ Culture and the Postmodern World. Ed. Raja‚ T. Forword Brooker

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    Civilizations” “Fault lines” in Huntington’s argument “Civilization” in Huntington’s argument Barber’s “Jihad vs. McWorld” Colonialism (notes‚ readings) “White Man’s Burden”/ “Civilizing mission” (notes) “Rescuing women” and postcolonialism (Abu-Lughod’s article) Australia’s “Stolen Generations” (from the film “Rabbit-Proof Fence” excerpt we saw in class) World System Theory (notes) Orientalism Nation (definition/s – notes) Definition of race (notes‚ AAA article)

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    reader understand the piece of literature. Henry Gates has helped understand and criticize many African American Literature authors that are exposed through the canon in secondary English Education. As a teacher‚ it is essential to introduce Postcolonialism into the classroom as well as postcolonialist critics such as Henry Gates Jr. Furthermore‚ as I teach my African American literature class I have found myself searching for supplemental material to suppose the authors that I introduce in the class

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