This document summarizes Salman Rushdie's essay "Commonwealth Literature Does Not Exist" which argues that the term "Commonwealth literature" implies a master-slave relationship between English literature and the literatures of former British colonies. Rushdie believes this categorization places colonial-era literatures in a "ghetto" below English literature. He discusses how the idea of Commonwealth literature is problematic as it is based on nationality and politics of language rather than the content or quality of the works. The document provides context on Rushdie's views and briefly outlines some prominent Commonwealth writers.

1. Topic: Commonwealth
Literature Does Not Exist
Name: Goswami Gayatri M.
Roll no:8
M.A. Sem. 3
Paper no.:11 The Postcolonial Literature
Year:2014-15
PG Enrolment no: PG13101011
Email ID: gayatrigoswami19@gmail.com
Submitted to:
Department Of English
Smt. S. B. Gardi
M. K. Bhavnagar University Dt.: 3/10/2014

2. Introduction of the Imagery Homelands
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• Rushdi definition of migrant identity
and the themes of Indian Diaspora in
“Imaginary Homelands”
• The imagery Homeland is an collection
essays , review and interview which were
made for 1981 to 1996
• Rushdie's in his essay Colonialism and the
ironies of culture, film, politicians, the
Labour Party, religious fundamentalism in
America, racial situation and the
preciousness of the imagination and of free
expression.

3. What is Commonwealth?
• Commonwealth means British
nation and i.e. is political community
• The Commonwealth is an
Intergovernmental organizational 54
which were formally part of British
emperor

4. What is Commonwealth Literature ?
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• The term has been generally used to refer
to the literatures of colonies , former
colonies and dependencies of Britain
excluding the literature of England
• The rise of the study national literature s
writing in English and begins with the study
of American literature
• But those literature that came to be
collectively study

5. Commonwealth Literature Does Not Exist
• Commonwealth literature shows that
nationality
• Rushdie present of the Commonwealth
literature category as a created by ‘ghetto’ ,
those how practice English literature ‘proper’
• What is life like inside the ghetto of
‘Commonalty literature’ ?
• Salman Rushdie's national identity Vs. British
Colonization and Indian Diaspora

6. • In this essay Rushdie talks about “THE IDEA OF
LANGUAGE POLITICS ”
• Commonwealth literature means “MASTER
SLAVE RELATIONSHIP”
• ‘ Commonwealth literature is positioned below
English literature
• Rushdie talks about category of language and
it’s politics

7. s English
Literature
Commonwealth
Literature

8. The famous name among
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Commonwealth writers includes :
• Salman Rushdie
• Arun Koladkar
• R.K . Narayan
• Japanese Nobel
Kazuo Ishiguro
• Nayantra Sahangal

9. • South Africa and Pakistan , for instance , are
not members of the commonwealth , but their
authors apparently belong to its literature
• Salman Rushdie is one of the key
representative of contemporary
commonwealth literature.

10. Conclusion
• Commonwealth literature into conflict
literature and now modern literature
• ‘Commonwealth literature died 199-1996’

11. Thank you…