Question

What are the salient features of postcolonial literature?

Answer 1

It often addresses the problem and consequences the decolonisation of a country especially questions relating to the political and cultural independence

Answer 2

Some features of postcolonial literature are:

APPROPRIATION OF COLONIAL LANGUAGES IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE:    

They take the language of their colonizer and write in dialect, make the language sound spoken instead of written, use native phrases and terms.

METANARRATIVE IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE:

Colonizers liked to tell a certain story. For example: They told stories involving Europeans as the designated masters, the rulers of the earth.

COLONIALISM IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE:

Often the colonizer's language displaced indigenous languages. 

COLONIAL DISCOURSE IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE:

Discourse contains narratives, statements, and opinions dealing with a certain topic. Discourse can be about anything.

REWRITING HISTORY IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE:

Earlier, history depicted colonizers as heroes and rescuers. But postcolonial writers wrote colonialism were actually a pretty violent.

DECOLONIZATION STRUGGLES IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE:

Postcolonial writers were one of the main reasons for decolonizing the political structures. They wrote to gain mental and cultural liberation from the structures and philosophies of colonialism.

NATIONHOOD AND NATIONALISM IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE:

Postcolonial writers very patriotic. Their work is often nationalist; they highlighted their nation's cultural, political and social identity.