Week 11: Short Fiction from the Postcolonial World (Nigeria and India) Flashcards
What is postcolonialism?
- Covers a wide range of writings from countries that were once colonies
- Shows the experience of people who were colonized
What kinds of imagery exist in literature?
Visual
Auditory
Olfactory
Tactile
Gustatory
Abstract/concept
What is synaesthesia?
A blending/confusion of different kinds of sense impressions (loud colours, bitter cold)
Who is Anita Desai, and what is her contribution to short fiction?
Indian novelist
Author of children’s books
Poetical and visual use of sounds
What is the main idea in “Studies in the Park”?
Suno, a high schooler, is pressured by his parents to pass his exam to enter university
He has an epiphany when he realizes he does not want to follow the path made by his parents
Who is Chinua Achebe, and what is his contribution to short fiction?
One of Africa’s most influential writers. Wrote about the realities African countries faced after colonization.
Who are the main characters and the main idea in “Vengeful Creditor”?
Veronica, her mother and the Emenikes. The main idea is that we get to see the gap between the rich and the poor people
What happened in India when it was a British colony?
Commercialization of agriculture hard hit the labourers where numbers of landless labourers increased. Social and Cultural Impact: Amid social issues like Sati, Child Marriages, Infanticides; ideas like Liberty, Equality, Freedom, and Human Rights were brought by the British
Who is Rudyard Kipling and what poem did he write about colonialism/imperialism?
He wrote The Jungle Book. An important poem he wrote is “The White Man’s Burden”. The story represents the supposed responsibility of Europeans to civilize non-European people
Are there references to colonialism in “Studies in the Park”?
Name of the park: King Edward’s Park
Reference to British education system
Are there references to the colonial past in “Vengeful Creditor”?
British education system
“Newspaper owned by foreign capital” (51)
Palm kernels (people exploited to work in fields)
