ENG370H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Postcolonial Literature, Postcolonialism, Chinua Achebe
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What does discourse mean: focuses on whose voice is being heard, is affected by power, means a re-learning, it is historical, fluid and changes, it is language and dialogue. This shows discourse (of aboriginal people, as their presence has been pushed aside and ignored) There is a strong relationship between knowledge and power. The postcolonial concept emerged in the 1980s. What is wrong with commonwealth literature: would have been controlled by england, so it does not allow all voices to be heard (the developing countries voices) First, postcolonial literature was called third world literature . Postcolonial literature is not about the geographic location, but instead about the content and the historical aspects. What can postcolonial literature uncover: emotions and feelings of people that are missing from historical accounts, truths of oppressed and marginalized people, a voice for the oppressed, subjectivity (in addition to objectivity, a shift in perspective.
