Lecture on Waiting for Barbarians by R.B. Zala sir
On 25th and 26th February ,in Department of English MKBU we have guest lecture by R.B Zala sir from saurashtra University Rajkot on Waiting for Barbarians by J.M Coetzee. Zala sir's main subject is comparative study. He has done work on anti Marxist works also. He is interested in short story. Post-colonial idea in novel:- Zala sir had talk first on the post colonial idea.In novel the colony of Africa was rulled by Britishers. This book present the idea of 'we' and 'other' by Britisher and native people. Homogeneity and decolonization is main post colonial idea of the novel . About Hind Swaraj:- Sir connect the story here with Hind Swaraj. It shows the theme of humanity rather than about independence and other movement. Here Mahatma Gandhi talk about British rule on India and other country that how they colonize the native people and rulled on them . Same as Britishers wants to rulled on Barbarian and want to make them their slaves. About Waiting for B...