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MCozzolino - The interface between Post-Modernism and Post-Colonialism
by MCozzolino - (2008-10-16)
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Its main concepts are listed below in jumbled order. Put them in the right order.

 

  1. The effects of Colonialism on language, education, religion and culture continue at all levels of society well after the end of colonial rule.

 

  1. Post-Colonialism is not so much concerned with chronological issues as with a reassessment of the relationships between cultures in terms of cultural, political and social issues.

 

  1. One major difference is that Post-Modernism, though political to a certain extent, only questions the conventions of the genres, while Post-Colonialism is more politically oriented.

 

  1. Post-Colonialism has greater affinities with marginalised groups and issues such as feminism and class discrimination, than with Post-Modernism.

 

  1. The superficial similarity between Post-Colonialism and Post-Modernism lies in the fact that they developed in the same chronological period and often employ the same literary devices.