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Decolonizing the study of English literature in a Muslim-Malaysian context: an argument for a spiritual-based comparative paradigm by Mohd Ramli, Aimillia

“…The study of English literature was first introduced to the British colonies and protectorates, including Malaysia, in order to consolidate the cultural superiority of the English people amongst the colonized natives. Its continuation in the post-colonial period of the twenty-first century, either as a component of the English language subject at Malaysian secondary schools or as a degree program at Malaysian universities, has mainly been justified by the liberal-humanistic belief that canonical works in English literature display universal values that should be cultivated in the minds of readers regardless of their nationality or religion. …”
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Muslim Bengal writes back: A study of Rokeya’s representation of Europe by Hasan, Md. Mahmudul

“…However, although she experienced the obtrusive presence of colonial administrators and intellectuals in her country, she had the privilege of interacting with English people who were her civil servant husband’s colleagues in the bureaucracy even though the scope of the communication was restricted by the Indian notion of purdah and by the colonizer’s culture of maintaining distance from the colonized. …”
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