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Chapter One  Symbolism and Post-colonial Literature 

The tradition of symbolism could be traced back to Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.  Females,  animals,  natural  scenery,  fire,  madness  and  colors  are  all  widely used symbols in post-colonialism novels. In Heart of Darkness, white and black refer to good and evil respectively; females refer to the ignorant and oppressed. A Passage to  India  by  Edward  Morgan  Forster  takes  the  echo  in  caves  as  a  symbol  to demonstrate  the  mystery  of  Hinduism  and  the  sole  origin  of  all  things.  In  Wide Sargasso  Sea  by  Jean  Rhys,  mirror  becomes  a  symbol  of  oneself,  while  the  burnt parrot and killed horse symbolize misfortune. By means of knitting these symbols into the text, the authors transmit obscure and multiple cultural themes.   

A. Post-colonial Literature  
It is widely acknowledged by western academia that post-colonialism is a concept of  time,  referring  to  the  historical  period  after  colonization,  namely,  the  period  after the  colonial  liberation  movement  since  Yalta  Conference.  Unlike  the  political  and economic colonization achieved by military occupation, it means the neo-colonization in cultural and other forms. At the same time, post colonialism appears as a theoretical thought in western ideological circle and extends all over the world.  Post-colonialism reflects,  from  a  cultural  perspective,  the  influence  of  western  hegemony  on  the  third world  countries.  Literature  written  in  the  context  of  post  colonialism  is  called  post-colonial literature. 7 Among  the  rich  reservoir  of  the  English  literature,  post-colonial  literature  is  of great  significance.  Post-colonial  literature  refers  to  the  literary  works  that  deal  with the  cultural  and  literary  discourse  of  European  colonial  history  all  over  the  world, mainly the countries which belong to the so called the third world, most of which are located  in  non-Europe  regions.  It  examines  and  studies  the  political,  social  and cultural  problems  and  evolutions  that  are  caused  by  the  colonial  occupation;  It concerns  itself  especially  with  the  colonial  legacies  in  the  formerly  colonized countries  in  the  decolonization  era;  It  describes  people  living  in  countries  and  areas which used to be or still are colonies; It also covers literary critiques about canonical literature  which  justify  colonialism.  Most  of  their  authors  a本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。