Representation of the ‘Other’ in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre Abstract This study aims at examining the representation of the’ other’ as portrayed in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre (1847). It attempts to inspect how the ‘Other’ is viewed in Nineteenth century England and the cultural ideology behind such specific representation. It poses crucial questions as to why the ‘Other’ is always represented negatively in main-stream western narrative as in the case of Bertha Mason who is portrayed as
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“Theme of Post-Colonialism in Things Fall Apart” The Post-Colonial literature that describes what happens to a strong African‚ Asian once colonist settle in the area. Post Colonial literature considers vexed cultural- political questions of national and ethnic identity‚ otherness‚ race‚ imperialism and language‚ during and after the colonial periods. The term is applied most often to writings from Africa‚ The Indian subcontinent‚ The Caribbean‚ and other regions whose histories during the 20th
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Popular Culture and Post Colonialism in Kenya Popular culture as manifested in the book “The River Between” by Ngugi Wa Thiongo depicts the collision between Africans and European ideologies and ways of life in colonial Kenyan society thus telling us more about the foundations of contemporary post colonial Kenya. According to Jessie McKinney‚ Popular culture is the shared knowledge‚ beliefs and practices by a specific group that is especially as a result of Western culture that reflects and
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Dead Man (1995): A Post Colonial Analysis America the land of opulence and opportunity. A haven for glittering fantasies of stardom and fortune. Fast cars‚ fast food and fast affairs; Tight skirts and loose morals. The home to Hollywood. Where Beatniks and hipsters march alongside tuxedo wearing millionaires in their Maseratis. Birthplace of the atom bomb and perhaps the equally significant Coca cola. Doesn’t matter which part of the world one lives in‚ everyone has a their own idea of what we call
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A Study of Two African Short Stories: “The Garden of Evil” by William Saidi and “The Wicked Tongue” by Mohammed Moulessehoul The stories incorporated in the book‚ Hot Days Long Nights‚ which also comprises the two stories to be studied‚ relate different scenarios and pictures of the African continent. They are compact and precise‚ giving the readers an insight to the customary laws and traditions of its people. Some of them depict the painful collective memory of wars‚ while the others narrate
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| The Imperial Archive Key Concepts in Postcolonial Studies | | | | | | | | | | | Navigation * Home * Key Concepts * African continent * Australia * Canada * Caribbean * India * Ireland * Nigeria * Transnational p-c Themes * Postcolonial Links | | | | | | | | | | Feminism and post-colonialism Feminist discourse shares many similarities with post-colonial theory and for this reason the two fields have long been thought of as associative
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One method commonly used to analyze literature is postcolonial theory. Through this type of analysis‚ the reader can obtain a profound understanding of the literature. Although not the original intent‚ literature from various time periods can be analyzed‚ not just those from the post-colonial era. For example‚ works ranging from the common era to present day can be interpreted using this method. Additionally‚ postcolonial theory consists of multiple interconnected themes. Otherness is one such theme
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Black Skin‚ White Masks www.plutobooks.com Revolution‚ Democracy‚ Socialism V.I. Lenin Edited by Paul Le Blanc 9780745327600 Selected Writings Black Skin‚ White Masks Frantz Fanon Forewords by Homi K. Bhabha and Ziauddin Sardar 9780745328485 Jewish History‚ Jewish Religion The Weight of Three Thousand Years Forewords by Pappe / Mezvinsky/ Said / Vidal 9780745328409 Israel Shahak The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Introduction by David Harvey 9780745328461
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Critical Reading Starting with the epigraph of “Aynalara bakma‚ aynalar fenalık‚ denizi‚ sonsuz olanı düşün artık (p.5)” from Ahmet Muhip Dıranas‚ narration of Fehmi K. ve Acayip Serüvenleri reminds a transition from imaginary order inholding Lacanist mirror phase to a symbolic order (Arıkan‚ 2015 p.386). Lacan synthesizes the linguistic theory of Ferdinand de Saussure‚ describing Freud’s unconscious concept as a system of indigenous representations‚ based on the symbolic order on which the language
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Can the Subaltern Speak? – Summary Gayatri Spivak Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an unsettling voice in literary theory and especially‚ postcolonial studies. She has describes herself as a “practical deconstructionist feminist Marxist” and as a “gadfly”. She uses deconstruction to examine "how truth is constructed" and to deploy the assertions of one intellectual and political position (such as Marxism) to "interrupt" or "bring into crisis" another (feminism‚ for example). In her work‚ she combines
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