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What was often the focus of early postcolonial novels?
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'?
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'?
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'?
What is a common effect of the novels discussed in 'Writing Ocean Worlds'?
Which of the following novelists is described as 'radically anti-capitalist'?
Which of the following novelists is described as 'radically anti-capitalist'?
What is a common theme among the novelists discussed in 'Writing Ocean Worlds'?
What is a common theme among the novelists discussed in 'Writing Ocean Worlds'?
What facilitated the connections among the coasts of East Africa, the Arab coasts, and South and East Asia?
What facilitated the connections among the coasts of East Africa, the Arab coasts, and South and East Asia?
Where did globalisation first appear, according to historical and archaeological evidence?
Where did globalisation first appear, according to historical and archaeological evidence?
What is the common background assumed in most fiction in English?
What is the common background assumed in most fiction in English?
Which of the following cities is NOT mentioned in the passage as being central to the Indian Ocean world?
Which of the following cities is NOT mentioned in the passage as being central to the Indian Ocean world?
What is the representation of Africa in the fiction, according to the passage?
What is the representation of Africa in the fiction, according to the passage?
What is the tone of the representation of migration in the fiction, according to the passage?
What is the tone of the representation of migration in the fiction, according to the passage?
