Postcolonial Literature and National Identity
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Postcolonial Literature and National Identity

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What was often the focus of early postcolonial novels?

  • The Indian Ocean world
  • The nation (correct)
  • The village
  • The global south

    • What is the main topic of the book 'Writing Ocean Worlds'?

  • The role of the Indian Ocean in shaping global identity
  • The significance of the Indian Ocean world in a set of novels (correct)
  • The power of national allegories in postcolonial literature
  • The impact of colonialism on Indian Ocean communities

    • How would you describe the world depicted in the novels discussed in 'Writing Ocean Worlds'?

  • Land-focused and inward-looking
  • Focused on national identity
  • Outward-looking and full of movement (correct)
  • Centred on the global north

    • What is a common effect of the novels discussed in 'Writing Ocean Worlds'?

    <p>They remap the world in the reader's mind as centred in the interconnected global south</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following novelists is described as 'radically anti-capitalist'?

    <p>Lindsey Collen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a common theme among the novelists discussed in 'Writing Ocean Worlds'?

    <p>Their exploration of the Indian Ocean world</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What facilitated the connections among the coasts of East Africa, the Arab coasts, and South and East Asia?

    <p>The geography of the Indian Ocean</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where did globalisation first appear, according to historical and archaeological evidence?

    <p>The Indian Ocean</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the common background assumed in most fiction in English?

    <p>A background of Christianity and whiteness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following cities is NOT mentioned in the passage as being central to the Indian Ocean world?

    <p>Tokyo</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the representation of Africa in the fiction, according to the passage?

    <p>An active participant in the Indian Ocean world's history</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the tone of the representation of migration in the fiction, according to the passage?

    <p>Forced and abandoning</p> Signup and view all the answers

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