This document discusses the difference between colonial and postcolonial literature. Colonial literature refers to works written during the colonial period that portrayed colonization positively from the colonizer's perspective. Postcolonial literature emerged after independence and challenges colonial perspectives by portraying the problems of colonization from the view of the colonized. The main difference is that colonial literature justified colonization while postcolonial literature critiques and resists colonialism.

1. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COLONIAL AND
POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE
Name: Nirali Dungrani
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2. COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL
• Without colonialism there would be no post-colonialism. Colonialism is about the dominance of
a strong nation over another weaker one. Colonialism happens when a strong nation sees that
its material interest and affluence require that it expand outside its borders.
• Post-colonialism mean after colonialism. Post-colonialism is the study of a culture after the
physical and political withdrawal of an oppressive power.

3. INTRODUCTION
• What is colonial literature
Colonial literature is the literature written during the colonization, using colonies as a
setting.
• What is postcolonial literature
Postcolonial literature is the literature that expresses opposition or resistance to colonization.

4. MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
BOTH
• Colonialism
Colonialism is often discussed as
the histpry of imperial expansion and
colonization ehich was generally
initiated during the age of
exploration.
It’s usually discussed as a European
domination of American and Asian
lands.
• Post colonialism
postcolonialism refers to the time
after these colonized nation have
become independent.
A postcolonial analysis of historical
or literary documents usually
focuses on the challenges faced by
the once-colonized and now
independent people.

5. PRIMARY DIFFERENCE – COLONIAL
VS POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE
• The main difference between
colonial and postcolonial literature
lies in the time period the literature
was created and the perspective of
the literary text.
• Colonial literature refers to the
literature that was written during
the colonial period, before the
decolonization.
• Postcolonial literature was written
after the decolonization.
• Postcolonial literature can be
defined as a challenge and
resistance to the colonial
perspectives.

6. CONTINUE
…
• Colonial literature is often written
from the perspective of the
coloniser.
• Colonial literature portrays
colonisation as a natural,
unproblematic, often ‘correct’
process.
• Colonial literature often portrays
indigenous people and culture
savage or primitive.
• Postcolonial literature is written
from the perspective of the former
colonised.
• Postcolonial literature portrays
the problems and consequences
of colonisation and decolonization.
• Postcolonial literature attempts
to describe indigenous people,
places and practices to counteract
the stereotypical images portrayed
by the colonisers.
•

7. COLONIAL LITERATURE -
CHARACTERISTICS
• These stories are usually set in the distant, colonised
lands and explore the exotic strangeness of these
colonised land. Most of these stories portrayed the
colonisers as the superior race and colonised as inferior,
often a primitive group of people. The main characters in
colonial literature are often white; the colonised people
only play subordinate roles.

8. CHARACTERISTICS OF
POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE
• Postcolonial writers describe native people, places and practices to
counteract the inaccurate, generalised stereotypes created by the
colonisers.
• Postcolonial writers chose to write in the language of the coloniser;
however, most of them deliberately remould the language to reflect the
rhythms of indigenous languages. They also invent new words, syntax and
styles.
• Postcolonial writers also reshape and rework colonial art forms by
incorporating indigenous styles, structures and themes such as oral poetry
and dramatic performance.

9. CONCLUSION
• colonial literature contains the perspective of
the colonisers whereas postcolonial literature
is written in the perspective of the colonised or
the formerly colonised people.
•Also we can see that both literature are totally
different from each other

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