Post Colonialism Nilda Keany Orta Prieto Engl 126 Prof. Evelyn Lugo

Post Colonialism Postcolonial literature often involves writings that deal with issues of de- colonization or the political and cultural independence of people formerly subjugated to colonial rule. It is also a literary critique to texts that carry racist or colonial undertones. The post-colonial perspective emerged as a challenge to tradition; it attempts to illegitimate the idea of establishing power through conquest.

Why does it exist? When looking at pre-colonialism, you see the area’s original culture. Their beliefs and customs run smoothly and they are a functioning society. In cases of colonialism, the norms, beliefs and cultural values of the larger power are forced upon all of the colonies natives. This is because the colonizer believes that the natives are “savages” and they need to be civilized.

Authors of Post Colonialism Isabel Allende: “House of spirits” Gabriel Garcia Marquez: “One Hundred Years of solitude” Juan Rulfo: “El llano en llamas” Salman Rushdie: “ Midnight’s Children” Jean Rhys: “Wide Sargasso Sea”

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