Postcolonial Theory

Who is considered the building blocks on which postcolonial theory was constructed?

• Roland Barthes

• Frantz Fanon

• Jean-Paul Sartre

• Noam Chomsky

What term did Mikhail Bakhtin coin to refer to a literary mode that subverts dominance through humor and chaos?

• Realism

• Modernism

• Romanticism

• Carnivalesque

Which French philosopher wrote the preface to Frantz Fanon's 'Wretched of the Earth'?

• Roland Barthes

• Michel Foucault

• Jean-Paul Sartre

• Jacques Derrida

What is the central thread of Paulo Freire's educational and political work according to the text?

• Understanding the means of oppression

• Promoting Western ideologies

• Maintaining the status quo

• Imposing colonial rule

Who is credited with the concept of 'critical nationalism' in the text?

• Edward Said

• Frantz Fanon

• Gayatri Spivak

• Noam Chomsky

What is the main focus of postcolonial theory according to the text?

• Deconstructing structures of power and knowledge

• Maintaining social hierarchies

• Promoting colonial domination

• Imposing Western values

What does postcolonial theory reveal about the West's claim to knowledge of the East?

• It gives power to control and represent the East

• It promotes equality and understanding

• It leads to mutual respect

• It has no impact on power dynamics

What is the term used by Gayatri Spivak to describe the process of 'othering'?

• Comprador

• Carnivalesque

• Différance

• Colonialism

Who was one of the first writers to highlight the relationship between language, culture, and oppression?

• Edward Said

• Frantz Fanon

• Alphonse Daude

• Isadora Duncan

What term does Homi Bhabha use to describe the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized involving fluctuation between love and hate?

• Mimicry

• Ambivalence

• Palimpsest

• Hybridity