LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 9 September 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and The Jewel as a Post-Colonial Play

S. Thirunavukkarasu, Ph.D.
C.N. Vidhya Lakshmi, M.A., M.Phil.

Post-colonial Literature

In the current scenario of transition from tradition to modernity, re-reading history and reviewing value systems have become inevitable. This is particularly true of nations with a colonial past, since the literary, cultural, political and even religious developments in such countries have been profoundly influenced by colonial rule. This is all the more true of former British colonies, because the British colonizers evolved their own unique strategy of administering their colonies.

The re-reading of history has led to the genesis of a new discipline post-colonial literature – in the recent decades. Post-colonial literature examines social, cultural, economic, military and political events that emanated from the imperial process from the first moment of colonization to the present day. It foregrounds the tension inherent in the natives’ interface with the imperial power.

Study of African Literature in India

Any study of African literature in India normally invites comparison with Indian literature. Critics suggest a theory that locks this study into the binary oppositions of colonizer/colonized, domination/resistance. But this experience of colonialism is not similar as the binary oppositions of post-colonial theory claim (Agarwalla:2000:11).

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S. Thirunavukkarasu Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Government Muthurangam Arts College
Vellore -632002
Tamilnadu
India
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C.N. Vidhya Lakshmi, M.A., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor in English
S.A. Engineering College
Chennai -600077
Tamilnadu
India
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