Post-Colonial theory

Post-colonial literary theory examines colonialism's impact, amplifies marginalized voices, challenges Eurocentrism, explores cultural hybridity, and analyzes power dynamics in colonial discourse, aiming for a more inclusive understanding of literature and society.

Language and Literature students may find this critical approach useful when considering Time and Space. A particularly relevant question to ask may be: how do texts reflect, represent or form a part of cultural practices? This question could usefully be applied to texts such as Arundhati Roy's, The God of Small Things, or the series of films made by Steve McQueen, Small Axe. 

• Does this text present an unequal relationship between colonizer and colonized, and/or between one cultural or ethnic group and another?

• To what extent does this text—especially if a text from the Western canon—reinforce the colonialist perspective either through its representation of the colonized, or through the absence of any reference to colonization or slavery?