AUTHORIAL IDENTITY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITING OF MICHAEL ONDAATJE: THEORETICAL ASPECTS by Khoma, Vasylyna

“…It is shown that the autobiography of Michael Ondaatje, a Sri Lankan-born Canadian writer, is connected with the principles of postmodern and postcolonial literature. Finally, referring to interviews with the writer and his works of fi ction, as well as taking into account critical studies of his literary works, it is concluded that his authorial identity combines the features of the dual postcolonial identity of a Canadian cosmopolitan writer who preserves the cultural memory of Sri Lanka.…”
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REPRESENTASI PERLAWANAN PRIBUMI MASA PERALIHAN ABAD KE-19 SAMPAI KE-20 DI HINDIA BELANDA DALAM NOVEL DE STILLE KRACHT (KARYA LOUIS COUPERUS) DAN BUMI MANUSIA (KARYA PRAMOEDYA ANANT... by , Christina Dewi Tri Murwani, , Prof. C. Soebakdi Soemanto, S.U.

“…This research is focused to an Indonesian literary work (postcolonial literature) and a Dutch Indies literary work (colonial literature): Bumi Manusia (1980, Pramoedya Ananta Toer) and De Stille Kracht (1900, Louis Couperus). …”

Paradoxes of Malaysian literature and "collective individuality" in theorising national identity by Omar, Noritah

“…After 56 years of Independence, Malaysia still continues to struggle with its efforts in constructing an amicable ‘national identity.’ The struggle especially centred on the ‘one nation one language’ policy, which later led to another contentious determinant of national identity, that of ‘national literature.’ Malaysian literature, due to the nation’s colonial experience, consequentially falls under the category of ‘postcolonial literature.’ This comes with its attendant baggage of also being considered as peripheral literature, or emergent literature, or Third World literature. …”
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IDENTITY FORMATION OF THE CHILD MIGRANT IN MICHAEL ONDAATJE’S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL “THE CAT’S TABLE” by Vasylyna I. Khoma

“…The article concludes that the experience of migration during the formative years of personal identity, shared by the author and the characters, is crucial for the adaptation strategies of individuals undergoing resettlement and serves as a significant motif in postcolonial literature focused on the lives of migrants.…”
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THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE IMIGRAN DALAM POISSON D�OR KARYA LE CL�ZIO by , PARYATUN, , Dr. Wening Udasmoro, M.Hum., DEA

“…Besides, this study is also used the francophone literature perspective, postcolonial literature, and identity politics. Roland Barthesâ�� method of semiotics focusing on myth is as the method of analyzing data. …”

A postcolonial reading of selected arabic novels translated into English by Yahya Alwadhaf, Yahya Hassan

“…This study attempts to locate the contemporary Arabic novel in the main stream of world literature and in particular as part of the genre of postcolonial literature. To achieve this end, the focus is directed on a body of literary texts that had been translated from Arabic into English and have been neglected so far in the postcolonial studies. …”
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Decentering Russia: Art and Empire, 1900-1973 by Bonin, Christianna

“…By identifying how artists’ historical agency split along the lines of medium, particularly via critical distinctions of “craft” from “fine art,” these case studies form a basis for theorizing how the Soviet Union represented its “others” and thus reproduced itself. If postcolonial literature has often framed the “Orient” as a Western construction, the history narrated in this dissertation is an opportunity to re-examine such power relations in a modernizing yet non-capitalist and non-Western context. …”
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The Loss Of Identity In Emily Bronte‘S Wuthering Heights and K. S. Maniam‘S The Return in relation to communication issues: A critical analysis by Abda Alsalim, Hafudh Farhood

“…Therefore, the question of identity became one of the most critical issues in postcolonial literature as its crisis existed in all postcolonial communities. …”
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Edward Said's translocations : essays in secular criticism / by Edward Said Symposium: Locations, Readings, Legacies (2008 : Berlin, Germany), Doring, Tobias, Stein, Mark, 1966-

Writing the Self: A Study on Buchi Emecheta’s Autobiographical Novel Second Class Citizen by Arunima Borah

“…Innes in The Cambridge Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures in English (2007) considers the use of the self-referential mode as a tool by postcolonial writers to represent his/her culture and also to capture and address contemporary concerns. …”
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Derek Walcott's early writing (1948-1962): a critical reading by Herbertson, G

“…That narrative was generalised in the 1990s to formulate a model for Caribbean literature, which was then employed to theorise more widely about the interrelationship between modernist and postcolonial literatures.</p> <p>By revisioning miscomprehensions about Walcott’s early work through a series of targeted close readings, the thesis challenges the predominant narrative for Caribbean literary history and probes the complex points of intersection that exist between metropolitan and peripheral literatures. …”