This article provides a comprehensive examination of postcolonialism as a critical theoretical framework within English literature, aiming to elucidate its role in analyzing the multifaceted impacts of colonialism on both the colonized societies and the colonizers themselves. It explores the central themes commonly addressed in postcolonial literary works, including identity formation, hybridity, resistance, displacement, and the deconstruction of colonial narratives. Furthermore, the article investigates the contributions of seminal postcolonial authors and theorists whose works have significantly influenced the trajectory of English literary studies. By highlighting the transformative effects of postcolonial discourse on literary narratives, the study underscores how this critical approach challenges Eurocentric perspectives, reclaims marginalized voices, and reshapes understandings of history, culture, and power relations within the postcolonial context.

Postcolonialism, analyze, English literature, authors

Gurnah, Abdulrazak. Paradise. Bloomsbury Publishing, 1994.

Gurnah, Abdulrazak. By the Sea. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001.

Gurnah, Abdulrazak. Desertion. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2005.

Gurnah, Abdulrazak. After Lives. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

Dabydeen, David. "The Challenge of Cultural Memory: Writing in the Diaspora and Gurnah’s Narrative." Journal of Postcolonial Writing, vol. 54, no. 2, 2018, pp. 165-175.

Gikandi, Simon. “Abdulrazak Gurnah and the Question of Justice.” Research in African Literatures, vol. 49, no. 1, 2018, pp. 1-20.

Padmini, R. "The Diasporic Sensibility: A Study of Abdulrazak Gurnah's Novels." Literature and Ethnicity, vol. 16, no. 1, 2021.

Obiechina, Emmanuel. "Memory, History, and the Postcolonial Experience in Gurnah's Works." Literature and History, vol. 27, no. 2, 2018, pp. 123-136.

Tursunboyeva , M., & Ruzmatova, D. . (2024). EXPLORING MAJOR PERSPECTIVES IN "PARADISE" BY ABDULRAZAK GURNAH. Collection of Scientific Papers «SCIENTIA», (October 25, 2024; Antwerp, Belgium), 160–163. Retrieved from https://previous.scientia.report/index.php/archive/article/view/2158

To’lqin qizi T. M. ., & Ruzmatova, D. R. . (2024). Abdulrazak Gurnah: A Literary Voice of Resilience and Insight. Miasto Przyszłości, 48, 849–851. Retrieved from https://miastoprzyszlosci.com.pl/index.php/mp/article/view/3596

Турсунбоева Мунисабону и Рузматова Дилноза. 2024. «Гурна и его вклад в английскую литературу». Зарубежная лингвистика и лингводидактика 2 (3/S):234-39. https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol2-iss3/S-pp234-239.