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From Abolition to Decolonization: Rewriting Empire in British Literature

Empire, Colonialism and Anti-Imperial Thought from Romanticism to Postcolonial Literature

Title: From Abolition to Decolonization: Rewriting Empire in British Literature

Essay , 2026 , 9 Pages , Grade: 1,3

Autor:in: Felix Konermann (Author)

English Language and Literature Studies
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British literature from the Romantic period to the present cannot be understood without examining the history of empire and colonization. The British Empire not only was a political and economic system, but also a cultural system that shaped how writers imagined race, freedom, civilization, violence, language, and belonging. As The Cambridge Companion to British Literature and Empire states, British literature developed in relation to “colonial-capitalist empire and global exchanges” (Majumder). Seeing it from this perspective, later British literature documents, justifies, and contests imperial power.

Diese wissenschaftliche Arbeit untersucht, wie die britische Literatur vom Zeitalter der Romantik bis in die Gegenwart Empire, Kolonialismus und Dekolonisierung darstellt, legitimiert und kritisiert. Anhand eines Kanons aus zehn literarischen und politischen Texten zeichnet die Arbeit die Entwicklung imperialer Diskurse nach – von Sklaverei und Abolitionismus über koloniale Bildung und rassistische Ideologien bis hin zu Migration, Sprachpolitik und postkolonialer Identität. Werke von Olaudah Equiano, William Wordsworth, Sydney Owenson, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Joseph Conrad, George Orwell, Louise Bennett und Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o zeigen, wie eng britische Literatur mit der Geschichte des Empire verbunden ist. Die Arbeit argumentiert, dass Empire nicht nur ein Thema der britischen Literatur darstellt, sondern eine zentrale kulturelle Struktur, die Vorstellungen von Freiheit, Sprache, Macht, Zugehörigkeit und Identität nachhaltig geprägt hat.

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Title
From Abolition to Decolonization: Rewriting Empire in British Literature
Subtitle
Empire, Colonialism and Anti-Imperial Thought from Romanticism to Postcolonial Literature
Course
Survey of British Lit II
Grade
1,3
Author
Felix Konermann (Author)
Publication Year
2026
Pages
9
Catalog Number
V1724673
ISBN (PDF)
9783389192474
Language
English
Tags
British Empire Postcolonialism Colonialism Decolonization British Literature Romanticism Victorian Literature Empire Studies Olaudah Equiano Joseph Conrad George Orwell Louise Bennett Imperialism Anti-Imperialism Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
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Felix Konermann (Author), 2026, From Abolition to Decolonization: Rewriting Empire in British Literature, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1724673
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