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This 15 page paper discusses the classic book by Antoine Saint-Exupéry as both a fable and as a protest against French colonialism in North Africa. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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but reading it that way misses much, if not most, of Saint- Exup?rys intent in writing it. For as sweet as it is, its also clear that through the medium
of a fairy tale, he is commenting on society and the issues it faces. This paper examines the book in two ways; first, as a work of "post-colonial literature"; second,
as a commentary on such things as imperialism, war, interpersonal relationships, and the nature of hope, love and purpose. The Literary Background Our first task here is to define the
term "post-colonial literature." And here we run into trouble almost immediately. Some of the problems are enumerated in an essay by Paul Brians; he says that first, "literal colonization is
not the exclusive object of postcolonial study" (Brians, 2006). This means that we have to "weed out" literary concerns from a much larger field of study. Second, "among the works
commonly studied under this label are novels like Claude McKays Banjo and Chinua Achebes Things fall apart which were written while the nations in question (Jamaica and Nigeria) were still
colonies" (Brians, 2006). Brians is pointing out that defining "post-colonial" as meaning strictly "after colonization" takes some of the novels usually studied as post-colonial works out of this classification. Third,
some critics believe that "post-colonialism" implies, mistakenly, that "colonialism is over when in fact most of the nations involved are still culturally and economically subordinated to the rich industrial states
through various forms of neo-colonialism even though they are technically independent" (Brians, 2006). Fourth, the idea of defining literature as "post-colonial" means that we are looking at the entire issue
through a "Eurocentric" lens (Brians, 2006). Post-colonialism in this sense, means that being colonized by the European powers is the "most important fact about the countries involves," which is surely
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