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Anti colonialism, Binarism, Primitivism, The third world, commonwealth
Name – Shital D ItaliyaRoll no – 29Paper – 11(post colonial literature)Submitted to - Smt .S.B.Gardy Department of English M.K.Bhavnagar university Bhavnagar
What is Anti- colonialism?
It emphasizes the need to reject colonial power
and restore local control.
It signifies the point at which the various forms of
opposition become articulated as a resistance
to the operations of colonialism in political, economic, and cultural
institution.
Anti - colonialism
According to Wilmot Blyden, James Africanus Horton
2nd half of twentieth century
Forms of anti colonialism
Anti colonialism
Articulated of a radical Marxist
discourse of liberation.
C.L.R.James, Amilcar cabra and Franz Fanon
Cabral Developed the idea of empower and recognize the local as a
specific and distinct feature of post colonial politics
Duality or combination of
two things
Particular meaning in post colonial
theory
First established by French structural
linguistics Ferdinand De Saussure
Meaning of signExample
Sun – MoonMan – WomanBirth - Death
Binarism
Contemporary post structuralist and feminist
theories have demonstrated the extent to which such
binaries entail has a violent hierarchy
ExampleMan over WomanBirth over DeathWhite over Black
Tendency of western thought in general to see
the world in terms of binary opposition that
establish a relation of
dominance.
ExampleCentre/ Margin
Metropolis/ empireCivilized/ primitive
Binary opposition are structurally related to one another.
ExampleColonizer – colonizedWhite – BlackAdvanced – retardedGood – evil Beautiful - ugly
Primitivism
Widely used in art history, identify specific modern school of art and
writing that emphasizes
simplicity of form or theme.
Its broader use defines a form of style perceived to represent an early
stage of human culture Endeavour. Thus early human
art is often describe as a primitive art.
It defines teleological unfolding of
human history from simple to
complex.
The early primitive
It is a culmination and fulfillment in later sophisticated or civilized art. Uneducated that is untrained and unschooled artist. Work does not reflect the dominant artistic conventions.
Primitivist
Primitive art
Native American Indian Australian Aboriginal art
commonwealth
Traditional English term for political community founded for the
common good.
Historically it has synonymous with
“republic”
The original phrase “the commonwealth” comes from the old meaning of “wealth”
which is well being.
Literary meant “common well being”
17th century commonwealth meaning
Public welfareCommon weal
A state in which the supreme power is vested in the people; a republic or
democratic state.
Third world
Used in 1952 during the so
called cold war period, by the politician and
economist Alfred sauvy.
First world was used widely at
the time to designate the
dominant economic power
of the west
Second world was employed to refer to the
soviet union and its satellites
First world countries
CanadaAustraliaSouth Africa
Third world countries
United Nations
Thank you…