Language, Power, and Resistance in Postcolonial English Literature

Abstract

The study analyzes language as a weapon of power/resistance in postcolonial English literature within the framework of Foucault/Said/Bhabha, and a hybrid approach (Python-NLTK, NVivo, ANOVA, t-test) on 6 major novels (Things Fall Apart, Midnight's Children); results: 45% reduction in colonial symbols in contexts of resistance, strong correlation (r=0.78, p<0.01) between linguistic hybridization and deconstruction of power, with an innovative statistical model.