NARRATOLOGY IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE

Abstract

In postcolonial literature, narratology looks at how stories are put
together to show colonial pasts, cultures, and resistance. This paper looks into how
writers from former colonies use things like fragmented storytelling, multiple
perspectives, and unreliable narrators to challenge colonial narratives. Relying on
theories from Wolf Schmid (2010) and cognitive approaches by Frederick Luis
Aldama (2010), this paper shows how the way a narrative is told affects memory,
migration, and cultural hybridity. The analysis has examples from postcolonial
writings, showing how ways of telling stories help bring back voices that were
quieted.