On the Argentine poet and writer Jorge Luis Borges. Once upon a time, a little kid named Jorge Luis Borges was in Buenos Aires in the early twentieth century. He was a quiet, introverted youngster who liked books and spent most of his time reading and writing. Borges had no intention of becoming a writer,…
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Modern Fiction: Five Ways Post-Colonialist Literature is Making a Comeback
By: Hichem Karoui The term ‘post-colonialism’ is used to describe the aftermath of colonisation as well as the ongoing effects of colonialism. Post-colonialism is a branch of critical theory that looks at the intersection of race, gender, and class in relation to the colonial process. In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest…