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GVeronico - Postcolonial Literature
by GVeronico - (2018-12-16)
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 Decolonization during the 20th century → immigration 

                                            → postcolonial literature

                                         

 

after World War II→migration from New Commonwealth countries to Great Britain

 

immigrants face racism→ otherness( the others next door) → the society slowly comes multicultural

 

 

symbol of multiethnical society → metropolis → melting pot of languages and identities

 

british identity becames more complex due the migrations

 

 

 

postcolonial literature:

 

period after british colonisationCritic of colonialism → the post-colonial writer searches his identity, culture and belief