• MRS.M. Annalakshmi

The paper traces the background and studies the main theories and perspectives of post colonial literature. There were already a lot of theories written on this subject. Therefore, the paper does not focus only on presenting these theories but also find their main ideas in practice. It applyies them on literary works that are said to be part of the postcolonial literature. The paper selects two authors – Salman Rushdie and Chinua Achebe. The choice is deliberate because they differ in many aspects. To begin with, their country of origin is different. Rushdie was born in the undivided India His place of birth now is in Pakistan. Later, he moved to Britain. Chinua Achebe is a Nigerian novelis, poet, professor, and critic. His first novel Things Fall Apart, often considered his best, is his most widely read book in modern African literature. Postcoloianl tendencies operates in the historical, socio-cultural, political, economic, linguistic, anthropological and psychological domains. It is concerned with the European colonialization, sometimes the current American, in the twentieth century and its effect on the colonized nations before and after colonialism. The last part is the discourse analysis of the literary works by these two authors employing the elements of post colonialism. The objective is to find similarities and differences in dealing with similar issues on similar backgrounds in their novels.

Postcolonial, European colonialism, cultural liberation, colonizer

"POSTCOLONIAL THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE NOVELS OF CHINUA ACHEBE AND SALMAN RUSHDI", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.180-184, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06038.pdf

"POSTCOLONIAL THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE NOVELS OF CHINUA ACHEBE AND SALMAN RUSHDI", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp180-184, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06038.pdf