'History, really beginning' : compulsions of post-colonial pedagogy
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Economic and Political Weekly
Publication Date
10-20-1990
Volume
25
Issue
42/43
First Page
2379
Last Page
2382, 2384
Publisher
Economic and Political Weekly
Abstract
The challenge to English literature in our cultural context needs to be seen as part of a larger process of critical evaluation and the creation of resources. To effectively confront the existing paradigm of English studies two questions which have significant implications for both literary theory and pedagogic practice are 'what is to be taught' in English departments and 'how to teach it'. This essay suggests that the ambivalent enterprise of teaching English in India could perhaps be re-evaluated, deflected and re-inflected through the reading of post-colonial texts whose incorporation into the existing paradigm should be resisted by refusing to employ customary ways of reading.
Print ISSN
00129976
E-ISSN
23498846
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Additional Information
This article also published in R. S. Rajan (Ed.) (1992), The lie of the land: English literary studies in India (pp. 246-259). Dehli: Oxford University Press.
Full-text Version
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Niranjana, T. (1990). 'History, really beginning': Compulsions of post-colonial pedagogy. Economic and Political Weekly, 25(42/43), 2379-2382, 2384.