Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 16:34:04 -0500 (EST) From: 00acking-AT-bsuvc.bsu.edu Subject: Re: your mail I can not give sources but in the early 1980s postcolonial was used to avoid writing post-independence as that was not intended in the contrast to colonial literature. But it rapidly took on a non-Commonwealth literature significance allowing, say, American along with New Zealand literature. I use the two nations as I think the first time I saw postcolonial in a course description (in contrast to in passing in an article) was at Auckland University in a course which included Melville along with Pacific literatures. As the Auckland English department was often influenced by by the USA they might already have been following a fashion. My impression is that Australian universities and other New Zealand universities were still using Commonwealth or New Literatures. Bruce King $ /*\ /*/\ \\ /////\\*\\ $ $ Pokemon Adele and Bruce King, 221 N. Alden Road, Muncie, IN 47304-3904, USA Phone: 765-282-3569; Fax 765-285-5877. On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Malini Johar Schueller wrote: > Does anyone know if the term "postcolonial" or "post-colonial" was used > before Simon During used it in his essay, "Postmodernism or > Postcolonialism" in 'Landfall' in 1985? Any information about this would be > greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance and happy holidays. > > Malini Johar Schueller > Malini Johar Schueller > Professor > Department of English > University of Florida > Gainesville, FL 32611-7310 > > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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