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Postcolonial literary theory

the postcolonial writer's refusal of an imperial standard of correct English, paired with appropriation that remakes the language for new uses.

In postcolonial literary theory, abrogation refers to the postcolonial writer's refusal of an imperial standard of correct English, paired with appropriation that remakes the language for new uses. This meaning comes from Ashcroft (1989) in The empire writes back.[1]

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alliance abrogation1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct appropriation4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs writing back1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Ashcroft, B., Griffiths, G., & Tiffin, H. (1989). The empire writes back: Theory and practice in post-colonial literatures. Routledge. Open Library record

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