CHAPTER 10 Post-Colonial and Global English Studies

Key word Imperialism “the creation and maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination.” Colonialism Colonialism is the building and maintaining of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. From wikipedia:

Globalization Globalization describes an ongoing process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a globe-spanning network of communication and execution. The term is sometimes used to refer specifically to economic globalization: the integration of national economies into the international economy through trade, foreign direct investment, capital flows, migration, and the spread of technology.

Age of Discovery

A Devastating Cultural Exchange Indigenous population disappeared Cultures destroyed Free people became slaves Resources scrambled The results…

Cultural homogenization Linking and mixing

Post-colonial literary scholars study both sides of the imperial equation. Jane Eyre Other post-colonial scholars examine the cultural fronts where imperial and subaltern cultures meet in such places as India.

Orientalism Edward Said How imperialism worked in the realm of intellectual and cultural discourse

Edward Said Early life Education Orientalism

Important concept Diaspora Hybridity Ambiguity Mimicry Mestizaje creolization

Heart of Darkness A post-colonial approach

Find the Prisoner in Heart of Darkness References: Ryan, Michael. Literary Theory. Pecora, P. Vincent. Self & Form In Modern Narrative. Ruppel, Richard. Imperial Desire. Murfin, Ross, ed. Heart of darkness: A Case Study In Contemporary Criticism. Parry, Bentia. Conrad And Imperialism. Achebe, Chinua. "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'"

剖析黑暗之心的權力架構 過往評論 : 帝國主義或種族論 ? 筆者意見 : 跳脫不出的框架，察覺，批判，但仍身陷其 中 去殖民化，有改變的可能 ?

Introduction Joseph Conrad