Said centrally shaped literary theory on colonialism after Orientalism

Evidence

Said is undoubtedly the central figure and that he has at least influenced, if not always directly defined, virtually all the main positions which have had the greatest influence in determining the approaches to questions of colony, empire, nation and posr-colonialiry as these questions have surfaced in literary theory since the publication of Orienta/ism in 197 8. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 70

Categorization

• XREF: Connects directly to the reader’s Foucault-to-Spivak lineage tracing in Society Must Be Defended.