What is Postcolonialism? A Short Introduction

What is Postcolonialism? (Some Basic Ideas about Postcolonialism and Postcolonial Theory) Postcolonial Literary Theory
A brief description of Postcolonialism as a field of study. Postcolonialism and postcolonial literature ( also written as post colonialism or Pos-tcolonialism) and post colonial theory emerged as a viable sub field of English studies in the US and now is considered an established field of study in the humanities.

Some important theorists: Franz Fanon; Edward Said; Gayatri Spivak; Homi Bhabha

Some good introductory books:
Ania Loomba. Colonialism/ Postcolonialism.
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[roxanapopa]

I really like your lessons. They are very good not just for students, but for all who want to know more information about Postcolonialism.
Also, I have a question. What example of discourse of post-dependence identity re/construction of a (former) Soviet colony can you gave me? Thank you! 😊

[pumaandwhimsy]

Resp Sir: I am a student of Dr Safeer Awan. This is not the first lecture of yours I watched, some days back I listened you during an online seminar held by PAL. Lord bless you with health n long life. You people are an asset.

[zubairshah]

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[rsurya]

We need more lectures from other fields of English literature like british literature, american literature and indian writing in English. I expect from you sir. Your presentation is very clear and praiseworthy. And your accent is very comfortable to asian and in particular Indian students. Once again my heartful thanks for your effort sir🙏.

[jsmith]

Thank you for an informative introduction. It's a trivial point, but the inconsistent use of the definite article in speaking English is fascinating when English is articulated. I hope to study the evolution of English in post colonial settings one day.

[BabyBismilla]

Such an enlightened lecture.. I need to watch all of your videos.

[brianacarpenter]

Thank you! The concept of the counter-canon is intriguing and very applicable to other areas of my social justice work.

[chorbles]

I absolutely love your videos. Very clear, informative, and so interesting. Thank you.

[mariayousufenglishlectures]

Great lecture, I really appreciate your your style of delivery and your knowledge regarding your field of specialization

[amiraamari]

Hi .. i came back with another interesting question. Well wht does Derrida and his theory of deconstruction do with the postcolonial studies?

[awera]

I have so much respect for you and your work. It is an eye-opener to me and a great help for my term paper.

[spoorthisggurumurthy]

Sir I'm a MA second year student and I wish to do PhD in the area post colonialism...but I don't know what should be the initial preparation like which are the basic must read books and few novels or postcolonial works to start with...can you please suggest me some..i would be really grateful to you 🙏

[violinamahanta]

Your lectures have always been very much helpful. We love listening to you. Thanks a lot.

Wanted to ask about the difference between postcolonialism and post-colonialism.

[ingridmwallenborg]

These are excellent short videos, huge thanks!

[shizukaminamoto]

Sir, I have tried a lot to find the article from which the definition of Postcolonialism by Robert Young is quoted but I couldn't find it. I want to quote the definition of postcolonialism by Robert Young in my thesis. Sir, can you please share a link to that article? I will be very grateful to you.

[shanilsam]

Thank you so much . An insightful and eloquent intridjciron. I'm so glad I found I this channel, it's a fantastic resource.

[poeticvibes]

Sir actually I want to ask
If we have to comment critically upon an article that's all about the major themes in Anglophone Pakistani literature, which critics are best to cite?
What if we consider You respected Sir
And others are Kara cilano,
Shazia Sadaf, Saba Mehmood
Aroosa Kanwal but I'm unable to find some specific works of them

[iyounas_khan]

Such a genius and scholarly learned man.

[lewisacaroll]

Cannot tell enough! Thank you for such insightful explanation!

[dollie]

I was reading the drama Birds by Aristophanes and decided to write my research paper on it, by looking at the characters as either colonizers or the colonized. My head is completely drunk on that idea but I can't seem to find a source that would allow me to justify it. I mean the dialogues and characters do support the argument but post colonial theory mostly deals with imperialism and the British empire (if I have not misunderstood it entirely) I just don't know how to go about it. The time keeps running out and I really don't want to change my topic