The Language of Diaspora: Marginal Rebellion and the Deconstruction of Central Narratives in Modern English Literature (Published)
Postcolonial and diasporic writers have been involved in challenging the canonical structures of modern English literature and the inherited frameworks of these writings in their discourses. By drawing on the concepts of hybridity and the third space of Homi Bhabha and on the deconstructive strategies of Jacques Derrida this paper explores how in their attempt to overcome the hegemony of the centers of imperial rule the marginalized writings of today’s postcolonial and diasporic cultures reject the binary structures of center/margin, self/other and homeland/ exile and in their linguistically hybrid texts present a counter-hegemonic attitude towards these structures and attempt to overcome them in their representations of self, other and home. After introducing Homi Bhabha’s notions of hybridity and the third space of literature and Jacques Derrida’s deconstructive strategy in modern English literature, the paper will concentrate on three different linguistic features of the subversive rhetoric in the diasporic texts of today. By analyzing code-switching as counter-hegemonic strategy by illustrating syntactic re-appropriation and by undoing linear structures of time in order to create a totally new form of narrative the article ends by arguing that diasporic literature today actually re-marks the English and in doing so opens up new possibilities for literary works within a given national literature to challenge the dominant cultural narratives and create a new, more fluid and polyphonic space of literature.
Keywords: Hegemony, Hybridity, deconstruction, diasporic literature, linguistic rebellion, modern English literature, postcolonial criticism
Representation Of Changing Indegenous Values In Pakistani Society: An Analysis of Raffat’s Poetry (Published)
This study deals with the post colonial analysis of Raffat’s poetry and it shows how he used hyberditity, mimicry, of colonialism, imperialism and effect of colonial era and colonizers on the native culture, education and their historical roots. His poems show deep glimpse of colonial effects and he highlights them through symbols and similes and other literary forms. This study aims to analyze Raffat’s portrayal of the colonial experience touching upon the issues of colonial ideology and the link between culture and imperialism, mimicry, hybridity and the representation of changing indigenous values of Pakistani society. The study aims to establish its intention that Raffat’s poetry plays an integral role to unveil the condition of Pakistani people after colonization.
Keywords: Colonialism, Culture, Eastern Images, Hybridity, Indigenous, Mimicry, postcolonial
Representation Of The Colonizers’ Dominance Over Colonized Culture In Twilight In Delhi By Ali: A Postcolonial Analysis (Published)
This research paper aims to describe the postcolonial aspects in “Twilight in Delhi” (1984) and colonizers’ cultural and traditional dominance over the colonized (Indian Muslims). It is important to mention that Ali has personally been through that painful agony of the mentioned colonial age. So as the writers are mirrors of their social era Ali also has drawn a clear sketch of British rule in India especially from Muslim perspective. He appears to have a clear goal to bring to lime light Muslim lingual, cultural and social deprivation caused by the British assault earlier and rule later on. Ali’s novel “Twilight in Delhi” (1984) is the clear representation of the decline of Muslim culture in India which is like twilight near to be diminished. He highlights the decline of Muslim cultural values and their traditional sunset also.
Keywords: Ali, Colonizers, Cultural, Hybridity, Socio-Political., colonized, oppression., postcolonial