Why postcolonial is important?
The ultimate goal of post-colonialism is accounting for and combating the residual effects of colonialism on cultures. It is not simply concerned with salvaging past worlds, but learning how the world can move beyond this period together, towards a place of mutual respect
What are the postcolonial elements?
Postcolonial Literature Characteristics
- Appropriation of Colonial Languages. Postcolonial writers have this thing they like to do.
- Metanarrative. Colonizers liked to tell a certain story.
- Colonialism.
- Colonial Discourse.
- Rewriting History.
- Decolonization Struggles.
- Nationhood and Nationalism.
- Valorization of Cultural Identity.
How do you write a formalist literary criticism?
Reading as a Formalist critic
- Must first be a close or careful reader who examines all the elements of a text individually.
- Questions how they come together to create a work of art.
- Respects the autonomy of work.
- Achieves understanding of it by looking inside it, not outside or beyond.
- Allow the text to reveal itself.
What is postcolonial culture?
Postcolonialism is the critical academic study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the human consequences of the control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands.
What is the literary approach?
FORMALISTIC / LITERARY APPROACH. The literal level (subject matter) The affective values (emotional, mood, atmosphere, tone attitudes, empathy) The ideational values (themes, visions, universal truths, character) Technical Values (plot, structure, scene, language, point of view, imagery, figure, metrics, etc.)2017年6月27日
When was the postcolonial period?
1970s
Who was the most popular colonial writer?
- THE LITERATURE OF EXPLORATION.
- THE COLONIAL PERIOD IN NEW ENGLAND.
- William Bradford (1590-1657)
- Anne Bradstreet (c.
- Edward Taylor (c.
- Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705)
- Samuel Sewall (1652-1730)
- Mary Rowlandson (c.1635-c.1678)