ENG215H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dionne Brand, Postcolonial Literature, Liminality
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Part indian and part canadian: page 166-167 green, embodying a dual identity. Postcolonial literature is a literature of healing: in order to move past a historical wrong, we have to talk about it. Colonialism disrupting language: kids having to come up with something to call their mom, because they can"t find the word. Writing as a vehicle to right social wrongs. Her identity as a gay woman: unapologetic, explicit and direct, notice the almost complete absence of men, foregrounding female characters in different ways. Critique of religion: churches as a part of colonial entity, page 794 purple, economic tyranny of colonialism with the economic tyranny of colonialism. A broad movement that foregrounds skeptical interpretations of culture, art, philosophy, history, and literature. Most generally, postmodernism seeks to undermine presuppositions, ideological underpinnings, hierarchical values, and traditional frames: interested in how culture had closed out other voices skeptical on the norm". A literary collection of memories drawn from personal experience.
