The essay centers on the outstanding Algerian French language writer, Mohammed Dib, and his last book ‘Laёzza’, which became a ‘confession of soul’ by man who had foreseen impending death wished to narrate, in free form short stories autobiographical sketches, life spiritual experience, perception surrounding world destinies—of native Algeria second home, France. Dib’ s writings work are contem...

In spite of the urgent need for research into the socio-political contexts of the teaching and learning of English as a second/foreign language, the predominant paradigm of inquiry into EFL in the Chinese context still focuses on the functional aspects of second language education. In order to provide a critical understanding of the larger context of the hegemony of “global English,” this paper...

Postcolonial theory has tended to focus on those spaces where European colonialism has had a territorial and political history. This is unsurprising, as much of the world is in this sense 'postcolonial'. But not all of it. This article focuses on Poland, often theorised as peripheral to 'old Europe', and explores the application of postcolonial analyses to this 'other' place. The article draws ...