O trauma pós-colonial na literatura indiana em inglês no século XXI

Authors

  • Mail Marques de Azevedo Centro Universitário Campos de Andrade UNIANDRADE

Abstract

In the view of the Indian poet, Linguistics expert and novelist Rukmini Bhaya Nair, postcoloniality is an inherited psychic condition that requires going back to buried memories of colonial trauma in order to be cured. Considering Nair’s inside perspective on colonialism as illustrative of that of postcolonial writers, this paper analyzes her views on the role of literature in today’s India. Starting from the analysis of three of her essays in Lying on the postcolonial couch: the idea of indifference (2002), as well as of her novel Mad girl’s love song (2013), this article comments on residues of colonialism in the 21st century Indian literature and culture.
Keywords: Imperialism. Postcolonialism. Indian literature. Trauma. Rukmini Bhaya Nair.

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Author Biography

Mail Marques de Azevedo, Centro Universitário Campos de Andrade UNIANDRADE

Pós-doutorado pela FFLCH USP em Literaturas de Língua Inglesa. Professora aposentada da UFPR. Professora Titular do Curso de Mestrado em Teoria Literária do Centro Univeersitário Campos de Andrade, UNIANDRADE, Curitiba.

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Published

2020-07-16

How to Cite

Marques de Azevedo, M. (2020). O trauma pós-colonial na literatura indiana em inglês no século XXI. Todas As Letras - Revista De Língua E Literatura, 22(2), 1–12. Retrieved from http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/tl/article/view/11962

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2020): Todas as Letras

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Literature

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