Decalogue of the Characteristics of Postcolonial Literature: A Proposal of a Taxonomy for Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature Studies
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María Remedios Fernández-Ruiz, Gloria Corpas Pastor and Miriam Seghiri, Decalogue of the Characteristics of Postcolonial Literature: A Proposal of a Taxonomy for Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature Studies, Revista de Literatura (Spanish National Research Council), 83, 2021, 7 - 31Download Item:
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This paper aims to offer a classification proposal of the features that are typically found, to
a greater or lesser extent, in postcolonial texts in any language. In spite of the fact that this tax-
onomy model is based on previous theoretical definitions of the key concepts related to postco-
lonial literature (Edwards 2008, Nayar 2008, and Ramone 2011), it seems to be the first formal
classification to be devised. It examines well-established concepts, presents the new notion of
plasticity of literary genres and explores the current trends regarding research on intersectional-
ity. The decalogue of characteristics of postocolonial literature obtained as a result will facilitate
literary criticism and comparative literature studies.
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