FLOATING/TRAVELLING GARDENS OF (POST)COLONIAL TIME by Carmen Concilio

“…This essay on travelling gardens of (post)colonial time opens with two iconic images of floating gardens in contemporary postcolonial literature: Will Phantom’s bio-garbage rafter, which saves him in the midst of a cyclone in Carpentaria (2008), by the Aboriginal author Alexis Wright, and Pi’s carnivore island-organism in Life of Pi (2001), which cannot save him from his shipwreck, by Canadian writer Yan Martel. …”
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The work of world literature: introduction by Giusti, F, Robinson, BL

“…With the combination of elation and despair characteristic of such conversations, we were remarking on the sheer breadth of literary studies today and wondering what commonalities in the study of literature remained — between, for example, Francesco’s work on the theory of the lyric and Ben’s interest in postcolonial literature. Two literary scholars of disparate interests and areas of specialization — what of substance did we ultimately have to say to one another? …”

The Eschatologicality in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry by Md. Hafijur Rahman

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A CLIMATE OF HOPE by Bill Ashcroft

“…The paper asks what literature can do in an environmental struggle in which colonized peoples environmental struggle in which colonized peoples are among the worst affected. The role of postcolonial literature provides a model for the transformative function of the creative spirit in political resistance. …”
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“Scottish Question” and Its New Cultural Meanings in “Culture Capitalism” by Alasdair Gray by E. A. Martynenko

“…It is proved that certain plots and images indicate the development in Gray’s work of ideas close to researchers of postcolonial literature, and in particular the idea of “internal colonization" of Scotland. …”
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Ecopoétique du regard et de la liminalité : entrelacs des formes du vivant dans la fiction de Linda Hogan by Bénédicte Meillon

“…Her focus on Native Americans and on the rootedness of humans in non-human-nature coalesces with a greening movement in postcolonial literature and studies. Delving into Linda Hogan's ecopoet(h)ics, this paper examines her novel People of the Whale, and contributes to the fields of ecocriticism and ecopoetics by showing the centrality of gazes and liminality in her fiction. …”
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Indonesian pre-war Chinese Peranakan writings as Indonesian ‘post-colonial’ literary texts. by Sim , Chee Cheang

“…Bhabha when discoursing a period of mimicry in postcolonial literature. An analysis of pre-war Tionghoa pemnakan fiction novels will uncover elements of 'post' colonial discourse, which includes a period of 'in-authenticity', a search for freedom, a national hybrid identity and an anti-colonial stand in a language of their own during Dutch colonialism in the East Indies.…”
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Food culture in Oonya Kempadoo’s All Decent Animals and Buxton Spice by Isha Banerjee, Rashmi Dubey

“…In the particular case of postcolonial literature, cultural markers such as food, clothing, rituals etc., act as powerful tools of sociocultural representation. …”
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Cadrage, décadrage et recadrage dans Baa Baa Black Sheep : A Jungle Tale de David Malouf et Michael Berkeley by Jean-Philippe Heberlé

“…Both Malouf’s endeavour and Berkeley’s, through the music, aims at deconstructing the preposterous oldest transpositions of The Jungle Books and at focusing on the key elements of Kipling’s famous book, notably identity and hybridism, two important themes of colonial and postcolonial literature. The aim of David Malouf and Michael Berkeley is to address an adult audience and show that The Jungle Books are not only aimed at children as Disney’s or Baden Powell’s appropriations of the work could wrongly make us believe.…”
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Identity as Liminality in Post-Colonial Fiction: Nadine Gordimer.’s The Pickup and Bessie Head.’s A Question of Power by José Luis Venegas Caro de la Barrera

“…Abstract: This paper sets out to analyze the interstitial/liminal aspect of postcolonial literature as ciphered in the narratives of Nadine Gordimer and Bessie Head. …”
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The centre and pathology: Postmodernist reading of madness in the oppressor in contemporary fiction by Andrew Nyongesa

“…The study is a postmodernist reading of postcolonial literature to interrogate the pathological consequences of the constant shifts of identity in migrant characters. …”
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Postcolonial sparagmos: Toni Morrison's Sula and Wole Soyinka's The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite by McConnell, J

“…Together, these two case-studies demonstrate the potential inherent in the trope of <em>sparagmos</em> as a metaphor for classical reception, particularly in the sphere of postcolonial literature.…”

Roy Scranton's war porn: an American postcolonial narrative of the Iraq War by Alosman, M Ikbal M, Ruzy Suliza Hashim

“…It problematizes the representation of the Iraqi people in the context of the American invasion and presence in Iraq after the 2003 war. Postcolonial literature challenges the cultural hegemony imposed by colonial powers by demonstrating the richness, diversity, and vitality of their culture. …”
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Producing/reproducing ideology: unearthing multiple perspectives on literature and popular culture by Shahizah Ismail Hamdan

“…Literature and Popular Culture, a course in the MA Postcolonial Literature in English exposes students to the manifestations of popular culture in literature. …”
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Ambivalent colonal relations in Octavia Butler's Wild Seed by Al Ogaili, Thamer Amer Jubouri, Babaee, Ruzbeh

“…This interpretation paves the way for other discourse studies interested in the depiction of the colonized and the colonizer relationship in postcolonial literature in general, and in Butler’s fiction in particular.…”
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The Visual-Digital Storytelling in Current Migration Narratives by Maria Festa

“…Thomas Mitchell’s concept of the “pictorial turn” as a starting point, this paper assesses the impact of the digital world and new media on the body of current migration narratives within the field of anglophone postcolonial literature. In a culture dominated by images, new media, particularly the Internet, have increasingly complemented written language as the primary means of conveying storytelling. …”
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L’ITALIANO PER VOCAZIONE. ASPETTI METALINGUISTICI NELLA NARRATIVA DI IGIABA SCEGO by Edoardo Buroni

“…Metalinguistic aspects in the fiction of Igiaba Scego Fiction by Igiaba Scego, an Italian writer of Somali origin, is part of the genre variously defined as “migrant” or “postcolonial” literature. The author’s stories and novels are extremely rich in reflections and additions of a metalinguistic nature; a trait that blends with other key elements of her prose such as autobiographical narrative, numerous references of a religious nature, the strong link with the historical events of the last century, civil commitment, as well as – of course – a unique interweaving of languages and cultures. …”
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Disillusionment with Postcolonial Experience in God's Own Land by khurshid Alam

“…Hence migration remains the central trope in postcolonial literature and theory. The present study explores the nature of postcolonial experience by relying on the postcolonial theory. …”
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The strength of Malayness through colonial mimicry in Affifudin Omar’s Tun Tuah by Nurhanis Sahiddan, Hashim Ismail, Tengku Intan Marlina Tengku Mohd Ali

“…The research on Homi Bhabha’s theory of mimicry in postcolonial literature is no longer new. However, in Malay literature, the application of mimicry in order to analyse such fiction is still rare. …”
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Subversion or Subservience? by Farhana Zareen Bashar

“… Postcolonial literature is supposed to be a battleground on which an active pursuit of decolonization should continue in every possible way. …”
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