Caught between cultures – Colonial and postcolonial short stories
Chinua Achebe

Colonial Encounters:

• Joseph Conrad, “An Outpost of Progress” (1898)
• Somerset Maugham, “The Force of Circumstance” (1928)
• George Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant” (1936)
• Doris Lessing, “The Second Hut” (1964)

 

Cross-Cultural Experiences:

• R. K. Narayan, “A Horse and Two Goats” (1965)
• Chinua Achebe, “Dead Men’s Path” (1972)
• Ngugi wa Thiong’o, “A Meeting in the Dark” (1974)

 

Postcolonial Consequences:

• Muriel Spark, “The Black Madonna” (1963)
• Qaisra Shahraz, “A Pair of Jeans” (1988)
• Hanif Kureishi, “My Son the Fanatic” (1994)
• Salman Rushdie, “Good Advice Is Rarer than Rubies” (1994)