TITLE:
Application of Critical Discourse Analysis in Post-Colonial Literary Studies
AUTHORS:
Yijing Chen
KEYWORDS:
Critical Discourse Analysis, Post-Colonial Literature, Power Relations, Identity Construction, Interdisciplinary Research
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.14 No.11,
November
25,
2024
ABSTRACT: Post-colonial literary studies, as a significant academic field, have recently garnered widespread attention from scholars due to their integration with critical discourse analysis. This study explores the application of critical discourse analysis in post-colonial literary research, focusing on how this method reveals implicit power relations, identity construction, and cultural conflicts within texts. Through in-depth analysis of representative works, this study demonstrates how critical discourse analysis provides new perspectives and methodological tools for post-colonial literary studies. The research finds that critical discourse analysis can effectively deconstruct colonial discourse in texts, reveal authors’ ideological positions, and offer profound insights into understanding the complexity of post-colonial societies. This study not only enriches the methodology of post-colonial literary research, but also provides valuable references for interdisciplinary studies.