Colonialism/Imperialism/
Orientalism
Orientalism
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through governance and/or military force
What is imperialism?
"Post" means...
What is "after"?
What is "the process through which authors change or alter stories"?
Another word for reader "response" is...
This theory claims that all human activity is constructed.
What is "structuralism"?
Depicts "The East" as an “exotic”, mysterious, and often sexualized culture from a distant land.
What is orientalism?
Post-colonial literature is written by...
What are authors of previously colonized countries?
Post-colonial writers use revisionism to tell the story of colonization from the perspective of ______________.
What is "the reader's personal response/reaction to that text"?
Semiotics is the study of what?
What are "signs"?
When a powerful country establishes territory in new parts of the world and controls another country, that smaller nation becomes ___________.
What is "a colony"?
Post-colonial writers discuss... (give ONE example)
E.g.
-Narratives written from the perspectives of colonized peoples about their ways of life prior to and during colonization
-Narratives about people’s struggles with colonialism
-Narratives about current struggles and ongoing consequences of colonialism
-Narratives of exile and displacement
Indigenous poet ___________________'s poem "The History Lesson" is an example of revisionism.
Who is Jeanette Armstrong?
The reader’s ability to understand a text based on their prior experiences and assumptions is called...
This theory claims that there is no one "truth", and all texts have multiple meanings.
What is "post-structuralism"?
Colonialism and imperialism occurred historically because of a desire for... (name ONE reason)
E.g. Power, resources, territory, coal & oil, religious missions
The goal of post-colonial theory/literature is ultimately to...
What is "challenge or alter colonial definitions and control, and focus on its impacts. It allows perspectives and identities that have historically been silenced to express themselves and re-write their stories"?
Another way to say "to revise" is...
E.g. To edit, to change, to alter, to re-tell
A related concept is "the death of ___________.
This theory focuses on understanding patterns and structures within literature, such as genre and narrative.
What is "structuralism"?
The impacts of colonialism and imperialism still exist today through a system of power and ___________, in which some groups can more easily access opportunities and have special advantages.
What is privilege?
In addition to the terms "oppressor" and "oppressed", in post-colonial theory these roles are also often referred to as the _____________ and the _______________.
What are "center" and "margin"?
A common issue for post-colonial and revisionist writer's is decided which _____________ to write in--that of the colonizer or their own native tongue.
According to reader-response theory, the act of reading is not objective, but rather...
What is "subjective"?
A key thinker in post-structuralism and deconstruction theories was Jaques ___________.
Who is "Derrida"?