Postcolonial Literature: The Who's and What's of Postcolonial Literature Quiz
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Postcolonial Literature? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Who is considered to be the "father" of modern African literature?
Wole Soyinka
J.M. Coetzee
Amilcar Cabral
Chinua Achebe
Q. Who wrote a novel in response to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre?
Jamaica Kincaid
Andrea Levy
Jean Rhys
Arundhati Roy
Q. What is the term used to describe how postcolonial writers challenge colonial discourse?
Counter-balance
Appropriate
Counter-discourse
Counter-valorize
Q. Which writer is most closely associated with magic realism?
Isabel Allende
Gabriel García Márquez
Derek Walcott
Marlon James
Q. What is the term used to describe the way in which postcolonial writers draw attention to structures of storytelling?
Metanarrative
Metafiction
Metaphysical
Metamorphosis