Postcolonial Literary Voices

Eng 2480 British Literature after 1790

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Postcolonial Literary Voices (100 points)

Instructions: Each response should be around 200 to 250 words, not including the quotes. As always, cite specifics from the texts.

1.) How are Derek Walcott in "A Far Cry from Africa" and Chinua Achebe in "Civil Peace" giving a voice to the subaltern of Africa?

2.) In “Civil Peace,” how does Achebe use Jonathan Iwegbu as a representation of the colonized mimicking and assimilating to the British culture?