Reconstructing the Postcolonial Structure A Reading of J M Coetzees Fiction

Abstract

The history of conquest and domination is as old as human race itself newlineWestern imperialism especially of the last five centuries has strongly influenced newlinethe socio-political cultural and linguistic life of the present day world It has farreaching newlineeffects than previous forms of domination The strong psychological newlineimpact of colonialism still exists and defines human relationships The political newlinedominance of the West over the rest of the world has generated the binary of newlinecoloniser and colonised Colonialism is complex both at the ideological and newlinepractical levels It marks the darkest era of human history since it indicates the newlinesocio political and cultural domination of one group of people over the other But newlineat the same time it is related to different modes of production scientific newlineinnovations and technical progress Hence colonialism has an inevitable impact newlineon human race It has affected not only the inhabitants of the colonised countries newlinebut also the people of the West During and after colonialism the natives of the newlinecolonies have undergone different and unique experiences which shaped their newlinefuture and ideologies Colonialism has left the colonies exhausted not only newlinephysically but also mentally and emotionally newline