POST COLONIAL STUDIES

Thinking Activity

Post Colonial Studies

                                     

                              We have guest lectures for postcolonial studies by Balaji Ranganathan. Dr. Dilip Barad sir organized this wonderful session guest lecture on 19,20 and 21 Aug 2019. The Central for comparative literature and translation studies. Central university of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. he has deep knowledge about the postcolonial studies. this session is Fruitful for us. this three days was very important for me. i would like to special thanks to our professor Dilip Barad sir who introduced most of the units before the guest lectures. in these three days he dealt with the paper of post colonialism.

                               we have post-colonial studies paper. in this paper such interesting units,

(1) Black Skin white mask by Frantz Fanon

(2) Imaginary Homelands by Salman Rushdie

(3) Orientalism by Edward Said 

(4) A Tempest by Aime Cesaire

                            In the First lecture Balaji sir introduced post-colonial studies then sir said first unit Black skin white mask by frantz fanon.

1) Black skin white mask

                                Black skin white mask in seven chapters divided,

1. The negro and language

2. The woman of Colour and white man

3. The man of colour and white woman 

4. The so-called dependency complex of the colonized

5. The lived experience of the black man

6. The Black man and psychology

7. The Black man and recognition

                                  Frantz fanon black skins and white masks into some important points;

"Toward a new humanism

understanding among men

our colored brother

making, i believe in you 

race prejudice

To understand and to love...."

                       sir explain to all very well and he says, "actually what does a man want? what does in his blackness? the white man is sealed in his whiteness and the black man in his blackness, this two sentences talk a lot about this topic larger civilization and colonial modernity. after that he give chapter wise details,

•  The negro and language.
•  The woman of colour and the white man.
•  The man of colour and the white woman.
•  The negro and Psychology.
•  The negro and Recognition.

* Second day 

2) Orientalism 

                          Orientalism by Edward said is a post colonial text of cultural studies he has challenged the concept of Orientalism or the difference between east and west.

* This units divided in three chapters: 

   1. The scope of Orientalism

   2. Orientalism structure and Resructures

   3. Orientalism now

Third religions during this era like,

• Jewdeism
• Christianism
• islamism

                          in 1977 origin by Edward said and bibles influence and 18th century imagination. Orientalism within the imperialism is not pure but political knowledge. geopolitical awareness, it's connected with imperialism.

* Second session:

3) The Tempest by Aime Cesaire :

                      The A Tempest by Aime Cesaire. and difference between Shakespeare's. Shakespeare basis on certain like, 

•  Terms
•  Identity
•  Colonial Resiontion
•  Language

* Third day :

4) Imaginary Homelands by Salman Rushdie:

                           In the third day lectures Balajisir dealing with last unit imaginary Homeland by Salman Rushidie.

 Three Conflicts :-

1. Approach Approach Conflict,

2. Approach Avoidance,

3. Avoidance Avoidance.

                        Sir give deep information about this three conflicts and diasporic world, social condition, way of writing, malayala in oil industries. Diaspora traditional understanding force to get of your nation. salman rushdie including as Diaspora writer. the Diaspora literature globalisation completely change. nostalgia and memory most of problem for Diaspora literature's writers.

                     Thank you Balaji Ranganathan sir who come for teaching this paper and Thank you Dilip Barad sir for organized this session.

  

     THANK YOU