Aimé Césaire

prominent traits is entirely natural. Categorization is a human’s identification process(Rosch, 3). It only when the class divisions come into play that the identified human subgroups become forms of oppression. Aime Cesaire’s reference to ‘thingification’ is a prime example of this process(Cesaire, 42). Colonizing Europeans desired laborers to increase capital at lower rates, to lift national wealth, existing nations had to be exploited, and yet moral and religious bounds dictated that to do these things

when Dr. Aziz listens to his uncle’s and friend’s conversation about whether an Indian and an Englishman can be friends – his friend, Mahmoud Ali believes it is impossible, while his uncle, Hamidullah, believes it is possible, but only in England. Césaire poses a question: is imperialism a right passage to India? The major discourse of the novel is not simply the conflict between two groups, one of which believes that colonization is the best form of civilization, and the other that civilization is

If fish are the worst to ask about water, the medium they move, grow and experience life through, perhaps the same can be said for culture . It 's difficult to take notice of something of which you are an intrinsic part. There need to be an elapse of time to take notice. In some cases there are events that stretches out, lengthen and perhaps deepen our perceptions. For me it has moved to Jersey City out of necessity and living here for almost three years now. While I do work and spend all my free

In a perfect world, the Caribbean is like a quilt that has been stitched together by a mother or grandmother. It eventually comes together to form a unique blanket that incorporates a multi-dimensional group of different pieces of colors and sizes in its final product. The maternal aspect of the quilt, represents the Euro-colonial influence that was responsible for the colonialization of the Caribbean region. All patches have their own unique shape and design, and eventually come together to make

In Robert J. C. Young’s book, Postcolonialism, A Very Short Introduction, he explains “Postcolonialism claims the right of all people on this earth to the same material and cultural well-being. The reality, though, is that the world today is a world of inequality, and much of the difference fails across the broad division between people of the west and those of the non-west” (2). This sentence sums up the separation of civilizations in various parts of the world due to the consequences of colonialism

Medieval Things: Materiality, Objects, and Literary Practice In this seminar we will study critical works of medieval English literature along current theoretical writing that shares an interest in things and objects. Since the 1980s, the humanities and social sciences have developed new approaches of thinking about materiality. Early work in material culture targeted at the social productivity of objects created by humans. However, essential approaches often grouped beneath the time period “new

Psychobiography of Léopold Sédar Senghor: First President of the Republic of Senegal Route to Leadership Position By Natasha M. Hinds PSC 700 October 3, 2012 When the Republic of Senegal, formerly part of French West Africa (Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, French Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Upper Volta, Burkina Faso, Benin and Niger), gained its independence on June 20, 1960, Léopold Senghor became the country’s first president. There were several key events that postured him to be the right person

reluctantly accepted his works. Despite these harsh critics, Hughes’ stress on racial pride and nationalism united all Africans across the globe, not just America. He helped inspire many foreign Black writers as well, such as Nicolás Guillén, Aimé Césaire, and even contributed to the Négritude movement in France - many Blacks critically analyzed themselves in the beginning of European

Interpretation Alternatives of The Tempest      A production of The Tempest should emphasize the idealized methods in which Prospero uses magic to solve the problem of revenge which is so prevalent throughout his tragedies, perhaps the production might be a direct allegory for the magic of the theatre itself.   In this conception of the play, the scattering and bringing together of the characters in the script is significant in that theatre also could be said to bring people together and allow

2 D. Chinua Achebe Quoted by Simon Gikandi as the writer who ‘‘invented African literature’’ (ix), Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) was born in Eastern Nigeria as Albert Chinualumogu. Achebe’s childhood is notable because his father was a converted Christian but his other family members used to follow traditional African Igbo religion. He reveals that the cross cultures of his childhood gave him advantages as a writer as he was moved by the poetry of Christianity as well as the thing that Christianity