Problematic Consequences of the Theoretical Evolution of
Postcolonial Studies

J 2014

Problematic Consequences of the Theoretical Evolution of Postcolonial Studies

KLÍMOVÁ, Zuzana

Základní údaje

Originální název

Problematic Consequences of the Theoretical Evolution of Postcolonial Studies

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KLÍMOVÁ, Zuzana

Vydání

STUDIA ANGLICA RESOVIENSIA: INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH STUDIES JOURNAL, 2014, 1898-8709

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Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

Písemnictví, masmedia, audiovize

Stát vydavatele

Polsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14410/14:00077847

Organizační jednotka

Pedagogická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

postcolonial theory;evolution;problematic terminology

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 12. 3. 2015 08:36, Mgr. Zuzana Kršková, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

This paper does not attempt to present solutions to the currently debated problem of the continuing relevance of the Postcolonial Studies, but tries to open the Foucauldian ‘field of problematization’ within the theory which is rather a set of various approaches than a consistent theory. It points out aspects of the theory as well as its methodology that lead to the questioning of its relevance in the twenty first century. There is a great need to rethink basic concepts like ‘post-colonialism’, ‘postcolonial’ author, ‘counter-discourse’, and ‘First’ and ‘Third’ world that are no longer sustainable. The critical feature of postcolonial literary theory is its association with a particular historical period and specific political transformation of the world. Despite its direct connection to history, politics and economy, the preoccupation of postcolonial literary studies with epistemological and cultural questions still prevails. With recent inclination to Rhetoric and Cultural Studies, ‘postcolonial’ literary criticism should open more to interdisciplinary approaches rethinking the ‘postcolonial’ space of questioning, drawing on the reciprocity of the power-struggle experience and its discursive re(-)presentation. Despite the academic inconveniences of such an approach, cooperation across fields of research seems inevitable if ‘postcolonial’ studies want to accomplish its aim on which its existence is based – to allow the emergence of a truly autonomous subject.

Citovat

KLÍMOVÁ, Zuzana. Problematic Consequences of the Theoretical Evolution of Postcolonial Studies. STUDIA ANGLICA RESOVIENSIA: INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH STUDIES JOURNAL. 2014, roč. 11, prosinec 2014, s. 160-177. ISSN 1898-8709.

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KLÍMOVÁ, Zuzana. Problematic Consequences of the Theoretical Evolution of Postcolonial Studies. \textit{STUDIA ANGLICA RESOVIENSIA: INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH STUDIES JOURNAL}. 2014, roč.~11, prosinec 2014, s.~160-177. ISSN~1898-8709.

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