PPT-Post Colonialism

     Whats important is that we recognize the falsehood of the notion that the Third World should be abandoned because its a waste of time Chinua Achebe Ok so what is Reality Believing that objective reality can be created by language many postmodernists posit that all reality is a social construct From this point of view no single or primary objective reality exists instead many realities exist In disavowing a universal objective reality these critics assert that reality is . unizhch Daniel Knzler University of Fribourg Switzerland danielkuenzlerunifrch Abstract he impacts of c olonialism in Africa and Asia have never been compared in a systematic manner for a large sample of countries This research survey presents the re An introduction to Post-Colonial Themes . Lesson Goals:. To (re)familiarize you with the skills of a reader (C.I.A.S.E.) . To introduce the basic concepts of post-colonialism.. To practice viewing stories through a post-colonial lens and to practice constructing focused C.I.A.S.E. questions.. Antoinette Burton,. “The White Woman’s Burden: British Feminists and ‘the Indian Woman’, 1865-1914”. . Inderpal. . Grewal. ,. “The Culture of Travel and the Gendering of Colonial Modernity in Nineteenth-Century India”. . Dangarembga. Nervous Conditions. (1988). Setting. Set in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in the 1960s. Rhodesia: a white settler colony (land appropriated from Africans in the late 19. th. c by Cecil Rhodes, the British politician, mining magnate and proponent of British colonialism). What is a literary theory?. A literary theory is a “lens” or a “perspective” in which a reader reads the text given. Depending on which theory is used, their interpretation of the text can change. . Making of the Modern World. May 2016. Course Review. 1. . Civilising Mission. 2. Decolonisation in perspective. 3. Neo-colonialism. 4. Postcolonialism / Postcolonial Studies. 5. British history and society in the aftermath of Empire. Making of the Modern World. May 2016. Justifications for Colonialism. Civilising Mission: . ideological justification. for imperialism. Colonial subjects depicted as childlike, uncivilised, backwards, weak. Perceived material and moral superiority of European/Western civilisation. Orientalism. . (1978). Edward. Said. 1935-2003. Born in Jerusalem on 1 November 1935. . Palestinian Christian father and Lebanese mother.. Edward with his younger . sister in Cairo. Edward (left) with his mother and elder brother. Post-Colonialism/. Postcolonialism. 2 meanings: . a) Post-colonial states & societies – those which experienced (and liberated themselves from) Western colonial rule, mainly after World War II. . Making of the Modern World. Lecturer: Dr Andrew Jones. May 2017. Justifications for Colonialism. Civilising Mission: . ideological justification. for imperialism. Colonial subjects depicted as childlike, uncivilised, backwards, weak. Perceived material and moral superiority of European/Western civilisation. Empire & Aftermath. October 2016. Empires in History. Large . territories that control millions of people, . and have . common internal characteristics: management of diverse peoples to exploit resources; communication and transport systems organised to serve the priorities of the imperial centre (metropolis); an imperial project that imposed unity throughout the . NRMs – or the religions formerly known as “cults”. Problem with “cult”. Is a pejorative term suggesting irrationality and deviance. But yesterday’s cult becomes tomorrow’s respectable religion. . Swarup. Holly Fritz. Week Nine Lesson Plans . 11/1/10-11/4/10. (no class on Friday because of project partner site visit day with advisories). Monday 11/1/10. Learning Goal: SWBAT. 1. Summarize the qualities of level one, level two, level three questions and pose these different types of questions about the last two chapters of the book. . Post and panel signs are often the most incredible option for a school, company or organisation in terms of visibility, affordability, and durability.