Colonial and Postcolonial Discourse in the Novels of Yom Sang-Sop, Chinua Achebe and Salman Rushdie

This book discusses the psychological topography of Korean, Nigerian, and Indian people by exploring the counter-colonial discourse through the study of works by three writers - Yǒ m Sang-Sǒ p, Chinua Achebe and Salman Rushdie - counter-colonial discourse in the works of these three writers strikes back at powerful colonial discourses, Soonsik Kim successfully brings out the Third World « voice against the colonial legacy of the West and gives readers a taste of being « the Other. This book marks a significant transition in the critical attention of Third World discourse from mere projection to subjective viewpoint.