Ngugi‟sIn the House of the Interpreter: Deconstructing Eurocentric Norms of Writing Memoir by Exposing the Hegemonic Colonial Strategy

Authors

  • Dr. Syed ImtiazJukkalkar Department of English, ShriShivaji Sci. & Arts College, Chikhli Dist. Buldana (Maharashtra State) India, Pin 443201 Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61841/kxf87278

Keywords:

Eurocentric norms,, deconstruction, postcolonial,, subvert, hegemony

Abstract

Postcolonial writings constructed its identity by deconstructing the Eurocentric norms of literary creation. Memoir as a literary form is an extensionof auto/biography. Auto/biographies were written about the lives of well known men to whom the commons know as heroes. These heroes belong to such societies which are far from the pains of struggle.Therefore the heroes felt an urge to work for either needy or to develop spiritually to guide others and leave behind their contribution for society after their death so that people will remember them at least for a certain period of time.Subvertingthis eurocentric norm, African memoir writing preserves the history of struggle of the society of which the writer is a part, for the future generation. NgugiIn the House of the Interpreterexposes the true face of European hegemonic and the political rise of not an individual but the whole communityfor freedom.

 

 

 

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References

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Published

31.07.2020

How to Cite

ImtiazJukkalkar, D. S. (2020). Ngugi‟sIn the House of the Interpreter: Deconstructing Eurocentric Norms of Writing Memoir by Exposing the Hegemonic Colonial Strategy. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 24(5), 8879-8884. https://doi.org/10.61841/kxf87278