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Here is my blog on our Expert lecture. Today we have lecture by Balaji Ranganathan sir. This lecture was on Post colonial literature. So this is a blog in that some glimpse of study is reflected by me.
Post colonialism
When we talk about colonial and post -colonial I think most important factor is 'Identity'. There are many binaries between Self and Other.This is also subject of study which we can apply in this theory as well. Post- colonial is a discourse. There is an another word Like 'Imperialism' this is also related with post colonialism but it is clear rules and law. That way imperialism is some way different.
One can not says that this is the exert time of colonial and post colonial. So Balaji sir given example of Hind Swaraj.
Hind swaraj was written by M. K. Gandhi. He put some arguments in this work.
He also gave example of Midnight's children which was written by Salman Rushdie. This both work are colonial or can say post Colonial work.
Introduction
When we talk about the Post colonial literature we have question that what is post colonialism? For that we have to go in flashback of Indian history. Particularly when the Britishers were came to India. First they are not coming for ruling India but after some time they started. So when Indian freedom fighters struggled for freedom, for independence. That time India was colonial.
In 1947 India was free from British Raj. So the time passe and it called post -colonial. Now here we are discuss on literature so.. The literature which was produced on that time when country was colonial so it called post colonial literature. But when we talking about psychology some way we are still colonial. Because of our forefather were loved their lives in that particular atmosphere. So obviously thinking is also change and all.
So today we studied about post colonial literature. Our discussion was on Black skin white masks .This is very important work by Fanon. He was a writer and also psychiatry. More he do with nature or state of mind. So he knows psychology and term.
In his work he can see the centre is Race. In some countries we see the caste system it is similar to that. So it's crest inferiority and superiority. And this became a larger discourse of what desire means.
Race is like Caste
In this text there are eghite chapters. Every chapters are related with the each other. This is the text we can say about justification.
In this work we can see the discrimination of race, and in post colonial literature we see that superiority and inferiority. Gender bias ,back and white and other negative custom.
Chapters
Chapter 1: The Black Man and Language
Chapter 2 : The Women of Colour and The White Man
Chapter 3 : The Man of Colour and the White Man
Chapter 4 : The So-called Dependency Complex of The Colonized
Chapter 5 : The Fact of Blackness
Chapter 6 : The Black Man and Psychopathology
Chapter 7 : The Black Man and Recognition
Chapter 8 : By Way of Conclusion
Now we will discuss all the chapter in brief...
Chapter -1
Language has power ,,that we all know. Ex. English language, it is a global language. So in this work French language has power. Black people speaks their Own native language. So they seems inferior.
So here another concept we see is concept of Other with capital 'O' and Self.
To learn another language or to not learn it has plus and minus points. So colonize acquire language of colonial. One's mastery in to speak language and grab on that it will affords remark of Power.
Chapter -2
Now in second chapter we can see the that black women as Desire and the White Men are symbol of Power.
In a direct meaning when the black woman wants a white man that she wants Power, status in society and superiority.
Desire is a part of life. Here again we can take example,story of Fisherman and his Wife. Which was taken by Virginia in lighthouse .woman has so many desires. Desire is part of our life not only in women but in men as well. Something you like it is idea of biology.
Fanon here searching for binaries. Desire to be white it is a biological idea and society will never accept this idea because it has idea of regulation not for tentative.
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