Post-Colonial Voices · Narrative Reading

Resistance and De-colonization

Evaluating the themes of resistance and the search for autonomy in post-colonial novels and poetry.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do characters in these texts navigate the conflict between tradition and modernity?
  2. 2What symbols are commonly used to represent the psychological scars of colonialism?
  3. 3How does the structure of the narrative reflect the fragmentation of a colonized society?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.6CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.9
Grade: 12th Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Post-Colonial Voices
Period: Narrative Reading

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