Centre/Margin

• Engels

Centre/Margin

What could centre/margin mean?

Centre/Margin

The centre in postcolonial literature can be taken to represent those groups in society who have power and discursive tools. The periphery in postcolonial literature refers to those that are on the margins of society. Those people or groups that are sidelined and oppressed can be described as the periphery.

Now read the tekst Centre/margin in the reader

What do you need to have a 'centre'?

1. People to rule
2. Food and supplies
3. Another population know as 'the other'
4. A lot of money

What was constructed with geography?

What does colonial binary mean?

Is there a 'centre' nowadays?

Now read the tekst 'home', in the reader!

Who is the centre and who is the other in this short story?

What compares the writer of the story compare home to?

Is there personification visible in the story?

We are nearing the end of the lessonup

One more task to go 

What would you do if your home wasn't safe anymore?