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What is the significance of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in postcolonial literature?
What is the significance of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in postcolonial literature?
It is one of the most significant postcolonial novels to emerge in the 50s and depicts an earlier moment in Nigerian history.
Who is Nadine Gordimer, and what role did she play in advocating for equal rights in South Africa?
Who is Nadine Gordimer, and what role did she play in advocating for equal rights in South Africa?
She was a South African writer of Eastern European origin who spent her career advocating for equal rights in her country.
How did Doris Lessing's upbringing in colonial Southern Rhodesia influence her writing?
How did Doris Lessing's upbringing in colonial Southern Rhodesia influence her writing?
She was brought up within an English family in colonial Southern Rhodesia, but she managed to absorb some elements of African culture which allowed her to distance herself from the cultural construction of racial superiority cherished by most of white colonists in colonial Africa.
What are some of Nadine Gordimer's notable works that deal with postcolonial politics and the harms of apartheid?
What are some of Nadine Gordimer's notable works that deal with postcolonial politics and the harms of apartheid?
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What is the central inspiring motif in Doris Lessing's works?
What is the central inspiring motif in Doris Lessing's works?
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Which Englishman's work is considered by some as the great anti-colonial statement in English fiction of the first half of the 20th century?
Which Englishman's work is considered by some as the great anti-colonial statement in English fiction of the first half of the 20th century?
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What is the significance of the British Empire in shaping contemporary English literature?
What is the significance of the British Empire in shaping contemporary English literature?
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What is the relationship between postcolonial themes and notions of British identity in contemporary English literature?
What is the relationship between postcolonial themes and notions of British identity in contemporary English literature?
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What is the significance of works of literature that come from the perspective of someone raised in the former colonies or in diaspora communities?
What is the significance of works of literature that come from the perspective of someone raised in the former colonies or in diaspora communities?
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What is the impact of the multicultural society of modern Britain on contemporary English literature?
What is the impact of the multicultural society of modern Britain on contemporary English literature?
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What is the role of colonial and postcolonial themes and experiences in contemporary English literature?
What is the role of colonial and postcolonial themes and experiences in contemporary English literature?
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What is the significance of Nadine Gordimer's writing career in postcolonial literature?
What is the significance of Nadine Gordimer's writing career in postcolonial literature?
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What distinguishes Doris Lessing's fiction from most Western literature set in the colonies?
What distinguishes Doris Lessing's fiction from most Western literature set in the colonies?
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What is the significance of A Passage to India by EM Forster in postcolonial literature?
What is the significance of A Passage to India by EM Forster in postcolonial literature?
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What allowed Doris Lessing to distance herself from the cultural construction of racial superiority in colonial Africa?
What allowed Doris Lessing to distance herself from the cultural construction of racial superiority in colonial Africa?
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What is the significance of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart in postcolonial literature?
What is the significance of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart in postcolonial literature?
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