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Volume : I, Issue : I, February - 2011

The Postcolonial Perspectives In Indian English Novels

Ashok D. Mashale

Published By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

To define Post-Colonialism it's important to know about and to define colonialism. Colonialism is the expansion of a nation's sovereignty over foreign territories through forcible occupation. European colonialism began in the fifteenth century and reached its culmination point in the late 19th century. At the height of European colonialism, more than three quarters of the earth belonged to European nations (Britain, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, and Germany). These colonial powers were interested in increasing their own political power and in exploiting the colonies' resources. Most of the indigenous peoples of colonial territory were oppressed and enslaved by the occupying power. Sometimes they were even deported from fertile land or murdered to make room for new settlements.

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Ashok D. Mashale, (2011). The Postcolonial Perspectives In Indian English Novels. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. I, Issue. I, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/4.pdf

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