CONSIDERATIONS ON POSTCOLONIAL DISCOURSE AND LITERATURE

Abstract

This article reflects on the relationship between literature and postcolonial discourse, emphasizing the persistence and reconfiguration of colonial structures in contemporary contexts. Drawing on the theoretical contributions of Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, Homi K. Bhabha, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, the study examines how postcolonial theory enables new approaches to reading and interpreting literary texts, including both Western canonical works and those produced in historically colonized contexts. Through an interdisciplinary perspective, the article highlights literature as a space of resistance, contestation, and rewriting of hegemonic narratives, as well as a site for the affirmation of subaltern identities and epistemologies. It also discusses representational strategies such as hybridity and plurality of voices, which challenge colonial discourses and contribute to the construction of multiple perspectives on history, culture, and power. The study concludes that literature, in dialogue with postcolonial discourse, constitutes a privileged field for questioning colonial legacies and expanding critical horizons in literary studies.