The Problematics of Writing Back to the Imperial Centre

In the wake of decolonization, colonialist narratives have systematically been rewritten from indigenous perspectives. This phenomenon is referred to as "the Empire writes back to the centre" a trend that asserted itself in late twentieth-century postcolonial criticism.

Autorentext

Nabil Baazizi holds a PhD in English from the University of Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle. He has published papers in which he traces the literary genealogies of colonial and postcolonial narratives. His main area of research is the strategies of decolonizing fictions in Africa, India, and the Caribbean.

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Acknowledgements Introduction A Centre and Its Margins: The Dilemma of a Manichean Dichotomy 'The Empire Writes Back to the Centre': A Movement of Territorial, Moral, and Aesthetic Decolonization A Dialogue Where There Was Only a Monologue: Chinua Achebe Fights Back the Canon An African Condition in a European Tradition: Chinua Achebe and the English Language of Native Narratives Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe's Heart of Whiteness V. S. Naipaul: The (Hi)Story of a Pro-Western Very Eastern Story-Teller The Mimic Men: 'Almost the Same but not Quite' A Bend in the River: A Heart-of-Darkness Rewrite Conclusion Index.