Comparative Postcolonialism in the Works of V.S. Naipaul and Toni
Morrison: Fragmented Identities begins with an overview of its
theoretical framework, highlighting the intersectional relationship
between postcolonial literature and comparative literature. Tracing
selected novels by Naipaul and Morrison, the book takes, as a
starting point, Fanon's three-phase journey of the decolonizing
process. In the first phase of mimicry, Naipaul's and Morrison's
earlier novels represent the assimilation of indigenous people into
dominant hegemonic cultures. The second phase is envisioned as the
re-narration or re-interpretation of the past and old legends of
indigenous culture. Morrison succeeds in asserting that her
ancestors' past is the only way to celebrate a cultural identity,
but Naipaul tends to criticize and neglect his past and his
original, indigenous culture. The third phase marks the emergence
of a revolutionary literature, in which Naipaul and Morrison guide
their people to hybridity as a new way of becoming and resisting
the hegemonic dichotomies in dominant societies.
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