Literary criticism

Prepared by :Krupali k lewade
M.A Sem-2
Subject : paper -7 Literary Criticism
Topic of presentation : Diaspora
Feminist Criticism
post-colonial theory

Diaspora
Post colonial Theory
Feminist criticism

 Diaspora involves an
idea of a homeland.
 People have hope or
desire to return to
their home.
 The culture, language
and religion, norms
etc are different from
their home land.

The situation of Diaspora in tradition of indo-christian.
 After the fall of satan from heaven and
Adam and eve from garden of Edan.
 It creates an element of Diaspora.
 They are separated from their homeland .

Influence Of Colonialism
The Diaspora resulting from the enslavement of
Africans and their relocation to place like the
British colonies.
Poor areas like India, china , west indies, Malaya
and other areas which are under the influence of
colonialism.

The term Diaspora can be applied to expatriate
minority communities . The members of the community
share some of the common characteristic.
They and their ancestor have been dispersed from
special original “center”
They retain a collective memory, vision or myth. Its
location, history and achievements.
They are accepted by lost society. They have to live and
alone and always insulted by others.

They regard their homeland as true ideal home and the place in
which they eventually return.
Robin Cohen classifies Diaspora as:
1. Victim Diaspora
2. Labour Diaspora
3. Imperial Diaspora
4. Trade Diaspora
5. Homeland

Indian Diasporic literature classified in two part
1.Forced
2.Voluntary
Distinct phase of Diaspora
1.Visitor Diaspora
2.Settler Diaspora

Considering ‘post’ is a prefix meaning after. It is
necessary to know the history behind
colonialism .
Asia, Africa and south America

 A set of theoretical and critical strategies
used to examine The cultural, literature,
politics, history of former colonies.
 Post colonial theory deals with the reading
and writing literature written in previously
or current colonized country, or literature
written in colonizing countries which
deals with the colonization and colonised
people.

The Role Of Critic In Postcolonial Criticism:-
 The post colonial critic rejects the universalism of
western canon.
 It examines how western literature represents other
culture.
 Post-colonialism also deals with the conflict of identity,
culture and belonging.
 Past colonial theory transformed literary theory in the
past three decades.

 By exchanging topic like decolonization ,migration,
language, knowledge, production and representation .
 Postcolonial theory approaches the study of literature
in a way that interest with other field .
Example of postcolonial theory in
Kamala Das’s poem

Feminist criticism
is the literary
theory that
explores that bias
in favor of male
gender in
literature, and
which literature
reexamines as
from feminist point
of view.

The Feminist movement started in the nineteenth century.
The center of the moment is the promotion for equal rights
for women

Elaine showwalter
Feminist criticism divided in to two part
1. “feminist critique”- it focused on women as
the reader.
2. “Gynocritics”- it is considerd women as a
writer.

Role of critic in Feminist Criticism
 Rediscovers the text written by Female.
 Revalue women’s experience.
 It examines representation of female.
 Challenges the view of “other” or “second sex”
 It examines social versus biological difference.

Toni Morrison’s Novel the “Bluest eyes”.
‘Pecola’ the protagonist of the novel is victim of male
dominant society.
She was raped by his own father.
Society does not accept her .she has to live alone.

Still we are colonized
by Britishers

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