Abstract
This paper deals with the trajectory of writing, teaching and learning the English language in the postcolonial era applying Homi Bhabha‟s theory of “the third space of enunciation” that he develops in The Location of Culture (1994). Writing ,teaching and learning the English language has radically changed with postcolonialism, which generally refers to the period following independence, implying a process of decolonizing its aura as the „Queen‟s English‟ within a hybrid framework which gestures towards fluidity and creation of new transcultural forms within that „third space‟ where cultures of colonizer and colonized meet. This makes the process of writing teaching, and learning the English language a hydrodynamic act, signifying fluidity and flexibility and also a subjective effort leading to the creation of one‟s own identity in the postcolonial world which is fluid and hybrid in nature. This paper mainly focuses on rewriting the English language in the colonial aftermath with special reference to Arundhati Roy‟s The God Of Small Things (1997)
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Nayek, Swati
(2024)
"UNFOLDING THE “THIRD SPACE OF ENUNCIATION”: WRITING, TEACHING AND LEARNING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE POSTCOLONIAL ERA,"
International Journal of English Learning & Teaching Skills (IJELTS): Vol. 1:
Iss.
3, Article 1.
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https://research.smartsociety.org/ijelts/vol1/iss3/1