Worlf lit

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• Studiejaar 2

World Englishes

Index

- Colonial past

- Cultural appropriation 
- Abrogation
- Listen Mr. Oxford don

- Minority 

Colonial past

- History

- Commonwealth

- World Englishes

Braj Kachru's model

Edgar Schneider's dynamic model

- All variations

- Contact language

- Historical events

- Identity formation/socio-psychological forces

Cultural appropriation 

The unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society.

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Abrogation: 

‘Abrogation refers to the rejection by post-colonial writers of a normative concept or standard English, used by certain classes or groups, and/or the corresponding concepts of inferior dialects or marginal variants.’ 

Listen Mr. Oxford don

By John Agard

 

John Agard

- Born in former colony British Guiana (now Guyana)

- Worked for the BBC

- First poet to win BookTrust’s Lifetime Achievement Award

- His themes consist of dealings with ethnicity, morality and mythology

- Married to Grace Nichols

What do you think this poem describes?

What do you think of the language used in this poem?

Which of the Englishes is used in this poem?

The man in the story is used to a way of speaking English. We as English students learn RP.

 

How do you feel about being "forced" to learn RP?

Which literary devices did you recognise in this story?

'Listen Mr Oxford Don'

Mr Oxford Don -> academia & dictionary

the speaker -> 'uneducated' immigrant

Clapham, London

Carribean accent

grammmatically correct?

Literary devices:

-Allusion -> The Queen

-Enjambment -> theres no full stops or commas

-Imagery -> violent: knife, guns, etc. but there are no weapons -> verbal rebellion

-Metaphor -> 'mugging' The Queen's English, 'armed' with human breath

Minority 

By Imtiaz Dharker

Imtiaz Dharker

- What do you think she looks like?

- Where do you think she is from?

Imtiaz Dharker

- Born 31 January 1954

- A Pakistan-born British poet, artist, 

and video film maker

Can you tell that this poem was written by a non-native British person?

What do you think this poem describes?

- How does this poem make you feel? 

- How do you think the writer wants you to feel?

The writer compares herself to food and taste at one point ('like food cooked in milk of coconut where you expected ghee or cream, the unexpected aftertaste of cardamom or neem') why do you think she did this?

Nathalie's story

There is a difference in meaning between the two poems. 

What are the similarities and differences between the poems, regarding world Englishes?

What stood out in this lesson?

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