Postcolonial power dynamics: establishing control and negotiating agency
| bracu.degree.level | Undergraduate | |
| bracu.type.group | Student Works | |
| datacite.rights | Open Access | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Chowdhury, Rukhsana Rahim | |
| dc.contributor.author | Islam, Sumaiya | |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of English and Humanities | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-09T09:03:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-09T09:03:52Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2024 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-10 | |
| dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 52-54). | |
| dc.description | This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2024. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The paper's purpose is to analyse postcolonial relationships as depicted in literature. To establish a balanced examination of the above-mentioned postcolonial dynamics, this study focuses on two novels written by European writers and two novels by writers from the postcolonial world. These are Robinson Crusoe (1719) by Daniel Defoe, Heart of Darkness (1899) by Joseph Conrad, Things Fall Apart (1958) by Chinua Achebe, and Midnight’s Children (1981) by Salman Rushdie. Colonialism imposes hegemonic control and creates hierarchical binaries, such as the self and the other. Using the theoretical framework provided by Edward Said and Homi K. Bhabha, this study examines how colonialism not only imposes control but also influences how colonised subjects resist and negotiate their agency. | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | Bachelor of Arts in English | |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Sumaiya Islam | |
| dc.format.extent | 54 pages | |
| dc.identifier.other | ID 20103045 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10361/25350 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | BRAC University | en_US |
| dc.rights | BRAC University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. | |
| dc.subject | Identity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hybridity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Resistance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Agency | en_US |
| dc.subject | Self and the Other | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Cultural fusion. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Multiculturalism. | |
| dc.title | Postcolonial power dynamics: establishing control and negotiating agency | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |