Hayfa
Cheneni
University
of Tunis, Tunisia
Abstract
The
demise of the British Empire led many novelists and critics to try to dig deep
into the stories of the unheard voices of the ex-colonized countries so as to
trigger the truth about colonization and more importantly (de)colonization as
being put into question. In fact, British withdrawal from India and later on
from Malaya and Pakistan formed a radical change in the world map and led to a
sense of nostalgia for the loss of power. Fiction played a substantial role in
unveiling the truth about the dark sides of the (de)colonized nations. Furthermore, novelists tried to shed light on
the subaltern and give them space to speak about their stories; the stories
that could not find a place in the official history. Indeed, post-colonial
novelists tried to narrate the nation through the voices of ordinary people in
order to elucidate their suffering and their struggle whether physical, mental
or emotional.
Keywords: decolonization, British colonies, empire, post
colonial, subaltern, Literature, history, mise en intrigue, metaphor
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