Paper Name : The Post-Colonial Literature

Presentation Topic :Key Concepts, Allegory, Negritude,Globalization

Name: Solanki Pintu V

Sem : 3

Roll No : 29

Enrollment No: PG15101037

Email: solankipintu1991@gmail.com

Submitted to : M.K. BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY Department Of English

Allegory

The basic meaning of allegory is "to say another thing or to speak otherwise

from Latin allegoria

from Greek allegorein to speak figuratively"

allos "other" + agoreuein to make a speech in public

Allegory Definition

Allegory is a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events.

It can be employed in prose and poetry to tell a story with a purpose of teaching an idea and a principle or explaining an idea or a principle.

The objective of its use is to preach some kind of a moral lesson.

An allegory is

A story, poem, or picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

A story that acts as an extended metaphor in which persons, abstract ideas, or events represent not only themselves on the literal level, but they also stand for something else on the symbolic level.

Function of Allegory

Writers use allegory to add different layers of meanings to their works.

Allegory makes their stories and characters multidimensional,

Allegory allows writers to put forward their moral and political point of views.

study of an allegorical piece of writing can give us an insight into its writers mind as how he views the world and how he wishes the world to be.

Examples of Allegory

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Animal Farm by George Orwell

The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

Ngritude

Ngritude is a cultural movement launch in 1930s

black graduate students from France's colonies in Africa and the Caribbean territories

They found solidarity in their common ideal of affirming pride in their shared black identity and African heritage,

and reclaiming African self-determination, selfreliance, and selfrespect.

The Roots of Ngritude

The movement is deeply rooted in Pan-African congresses

The Negritude movement was influenced by the Harlem Renaissance

Authors such as Claude McKay and Langston Hughes laid groundwork for black expression.

The term was embraced by Frantz Fanon. Cesaire and Senghor were mentors to Fanon and his work reflects the sensibilities of Negritude.

Impact of negritude

In 1948, Jean-Paul Sartre wrote a famous analysis of the ngritude movement in an essay called "Orphe Noir" (Black Orpheus),

From a political standpoint, Negritude was an important aspect to the rejection of colonialism

Emerging at the cusp of African independence movements, Negritude made an impact on how the colonized viewed themselves.

Dominant figure in Negritude Movement

Aim Csaire

Lon Damas

Lopold Sdar

Senghor

Paul Niger

Globalization

Definition Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology.

Origin of Globalization

Some scholars place the origin of globalization in modern times

Others trace its history long before the European age of discovery and voyages to the new world.

since the Mid -1980s the term Globalization has been in increasing use and especially since the Mid -1990s and in literature Especially much has been written on globalization and responses to globalization.

Globalization and its Relationship with Literature

all literature is now global, all literature is a literature of globalization. Susie OBrien and Imre Szeman

globalization and literature share some meeting points in their institutional and Structural edifices

globalization are relevant to debates in literary studies and certainly existing ideas of interest in literature and literary studies fit with notions of globalization.

Literature can also be considered to be one of the product that is marketed now on a global scale.

Now many books, movies, and TV programs are marketed across national borders with or without translation.

References

http://staff.uny.ac.id/sites/default/files/pendidikan/else-liliani-ssmhum/postcolonialstudiesthekeyconceptsroutledgekeyguides.pdf

http://literarydevices.net/allegory/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory

http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/essay-negritude.html