Decolonizing the study of English literature in a Muslim-Malaysian context: an argument for a spiritual-based comparative paradigm

• Main Author: Mohd Ramli, Aimillia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Versita, Warsaw 2013
• Subjects: B Philosophy (General); BL Religion; BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc; PI Oriental languages and literatures; PN Literature (General); PR English literature
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/36992/1/Cultura_1_2013_article6.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/36992/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The study of English literature was first introduced to the British colonies and protectorates, including Malaysia, in order to consolidate the cultural superiority of the English people amongst the colonized natives. Its continuation in the post-colonial period of the twenty-first century, either a...