Key Concepts
What is the term for understanding how colonization's effects continue even after independence?
Postcolonialism
Who wrote Orientalism and is known for examining how the West perceives the East?
Edward Said
What term describes a splot identity created by internalized colonial values?
Double Consciousness
What happens in the text when two cultures clash, and one sees itself as superior?
Power struggle or domination of one culture over another
What kind of family is featured in “Once Upon A Time”?
A white family living in fear of crime
What are the three main areas postcolonialism focuses on?
Power, Identity, Inequality
Which thinker discussed the idea of "Subaltern" and the silencing of marginalized voices?
Gayatri Spivak
What term means being seen as completely different or "other"?
Alterity
In what ways is the colonized culture often silenced in literature?
Through lack of representation or being spoken for by the colonizer
What extreme measures did the family take for security?
Installed sharp barbed wire around the home
True or False: Colonialism ended entirely when colonizers left.
False
Who introduced the ideas of mimicry and hybridity in postcolonial theory?
Homi Bhabha
What is the condition of not feeling at home in either the colonizer or colonized culture?
Unhomeliness
“Who is the other in the story?” What does this question help us identify?
The marginalized or colonized figure viewed as different or inferior
What tragic event happens at the end of the story?
The young son is killed by the barbed wire
Name one modern system where colonialism's legacy still exists.
What book did Frantz Fanon write to explore racial identity under colonialism?
Black Skin, White Masks
What is it called when colonized individuals copy the colonizer but never fully belong?
Mimicry
How does gender, race, or class play a role in postcolonial analysis?
They intersect with colonial dynamics, shaping how oppression is experienced
What does the barbed wire symbolize in postcolonial terms?
Fear of the “other,” racial segregation, and violence rooted in colonial paranoia
Define "Postcolonialism" in your own words based on the presentation.
Match each theorist to their concept: Fanon, Said, Spivak, Bhabha -- with mimicry, Orientalism, subaltern, and double consciousness.
Fanon - Double Consciousness. Said - Orientalism. Spivak - Subaltern. Bhabha - Mimicry.
What does Eurocentrism mean in a postcolonial context?
What question would help identify how colonial ideologies are resisted or reflected in literature?
How does the text reflect or challenge colonial beliefs and power structures?
Name two key postcolonial themes presented in the story.
Fear of the other and physical/psychological barriers