Abstract

The research aims at discussing critically the thematic structure and the common techniques of Derek Walcott’s Dream on Monkey Mountain from a post-postcolonial perspective. It explores Walcott’s quest for cultural freedom to overcome the process of inferiorization that restricts the Afro-Caribbean identity within the socio-historical discourse. The research explains the dilemma of a hybrid individual who searches for his self-revival through ‘home’ returning psychologically or physically. It explores the hegemony of leadership that serves the colonial agenda. Also, it surveys the dramaturgy form of the dream and contradictory structure to explore indigenous psychology which includes a series of discursive formations such as diaspora studies, identity and social

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