English 2310E Lecture Notes - Lecture 44: Intertextuality, Caryl Phillips, Linton Kwesi Johnson

• School: Western University
• Department: English
• Course: English 2310E
• Professor: Taiwo Osinubi

Document Summary

Four different perspectives of the colonial encounters: commonwealth/new literatures in english, postcolonial, global. However, at chimamanda adichie"s the headstrong historian , the perspective shifted: the theme of marginalized groups within postcolonial communities gained recognition. End of the 20th century transformations in subjugation: theme of women/gender. Gender, colonial violence, and response the varieties of colonial experiences. All themes are transformed in perspective throughout the course. Important themes: commonwealth/new literatures in english, postcoloniality, globalization, marginalized groups, legacies, afterlives, debris, gender/queer, colonial violence + response, economic and cultural imperialism, subjugation. Tuesday, april 4, 2017: shortcoming of decolonization, liberation, diasporas and migration. Movement is part of the colonial experience: moving from land to land and colonizing these lands. Slaves being transported between lands: abam destroyed: these men sit down and talk about the white man taking slaves away. Until they were threatened by colonial violence, they need not think of violence that enraptures the slaves.