Postcolonial Theory by Betsy Durning https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g en-us 2021-02-02 18:56:03 UTC 2025-12-28 23:24:53 UTC hello@padlet.com William https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155800359 By analyzing and criticizing the effects of the British empire's global colonization for many centuries, we are able to combine the postcolonial theory with other lenses (critical race, feminist, queer, Marxism). ]]> 2021-02-02 20:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155800359 harrison_consol https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155801249 We should learn about postcolonial theory because it represents cultures and dynamics that, because of colonialism, are traditionally oppressed]]> 2021-02-02 20:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155801249 PCT in JE jasonboue https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155802157 Ms. Durning's note about listening to the video's commentary on Jane Austen's Mansfield Park struck a chord with me and allowed me to view Jane Eyre in a different light. Considering the time period and the social and political events of that time, where Mr. Rochester gets his money from becomes clear. PCT reveals interesting reasoning for different characters world views.]]> 2021-02-02 20:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155802157 To understand the experience of colonized people whose voices and way of life were oppressed maddieharrell1 https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155802821 2021-02-02 20:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155802821 davidshaw3 https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155804092 A lense used to draw connections between today's culture and the colonial culture that precedes it]]> 2021-02-02 20:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155804092 hudsongage https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155804491 To understand the ripple effects of colonialism and imperialism and the systematic effects it has left on groups of people

]]> 2021-02-02 20:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155804491 anthonytreistman https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155804545 Post colonial literature is generally written by authors who are colonial subjects. This provides a first hand account of the effects of colonialism.]]> 2021-02-02 20:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155804545 natevutpakdi https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155805294 Postcolonial theory analyses the works of cultures other than our own. Part of the differences between those cultures involves the differences in things like gender stereotypes, or views about 
economics that would usually fall under the other theories.]]> 2021-02-02 20:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155805294 serenathompson1 https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155805864 It's necessary to understand the effects of colonization on the cultures of different countries. Not only this, but it's also important to realize how countries that have been colonized are put at a disadvantage against other rapidly developing countries.]]> 2021-02-02 20:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155805864 Sanjit https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155808333 There may be texts to analyze from the perspective of both someone who is colonizing a society and someone being colonized.]]> 2021-02-02 20:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/betsydurning/u8denqgq2ugroy3g/wish/1155808333