Postcolonial Studies

Below are links to two essays & a long definition essay I wrote for English 4690, Postcolonial Literature. The course focused on the writings of Salman Rushdie and Hanif Kureishi. Postcolonial Literature is the most recent branch of English Lit. I found this class extremely fascinating & difficult.

“Marginilization” -an extended definition & research essay I wrote on the term as it relates to Postcolonial studies

“Sacred Art“- this is one of my favorite essays I have written. I love Kureishi’s writing and this novel in particular, The Black Album. It is so important for us to understand these issues about what is sacred to us as human beings.

 “Inner Space“-this paper needs editing, or maybe a complete scrap, but here it is anyway.