Kubla Khan
Explanation of “Kubla Khan” in Post-Colonial Context Post Colonialism is the interactions and reactions of the colonialists and the imperialistic powers. Literature which reacts by challenging the content and form of colonial influence and expresses its ideas in its own voice and vernacular language, is deemed to be Post-Colonial.
Kubla Khan is a poem written by S.T coleridge.This poem describes Xanadu, the palace of Kubla Khan, a Mongol emperor and the grandson of Genghis Khan.But if we interpret it in terms of post colonial criticism then a new colonial way is interpreted. Opening lines gets a lot of work done quickly. It introduces us to the title character Kubla Khan, and begins to describe the amazing setting of the poem Xanadu.That "stately pleasure dome decree" means that he had a really fancy and beautiful palace built. Actually Coleridge is actually talking about a real place and a real guy. Kubla Khan was the grandson of the legendary Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. According to the facts of history, Kubla Khan was the non – Chinese emperor who ruled China and made a beautiful palace Xanadu over there. This is a historical valuable idea to understand the colonialism in this poem.
The speaker begins to describe the geography of Xanadu. He starts by introducing us to the River Alph. He tells us about a river that runs across the land and then flows through some underground caves and into the sea. He also tells us about the fertile land that surrounds the palace. he talks about "caverns measureless to man" we get a sense that this landscape is both huge and unknowable. The palace, Xanadu, is situated between the forest surrounded by the hills proves the prestigious nature of the place and this fact put Xanadu on the place of Colonized, which is under the rule of Kubla Khan. Further, he gives River Alph the attributes of a character of poem by calling it “romantic chasm”. Now the river can be reinterpreted as Colonized in terms of post colonialism.
Kubla Khan is a poem written by S.T coleridge.This poem describes Xanadu, the palace of Kubla Khan, a Mongol emperor and the grandson of Genghis Khan.But if we interpret it in terms of post colonial criticism then a new colonial way is interpreted. Opening lines gets a lot of work done quickly. It introduces us to the title character Kubla Khan, and begins to describe the amazing setting of the poem Xanadu.That "stately pleasure dome decree" means that he had a really fancy and beautiful palace built. Actually Coleridge is actually talking about a real place and a real guy. Kubla Khan was the grandson of the legendary Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. According to the facts of history, Kubla Khan was the non – Chinese emperor who ruled China and made a beautiful palace Xanadu over there. This is a historical valuable idea to understand the colonialism in this poem.
The speaker begins to describe the geography of Xanadu. He starts by introducing us to the River Alph. He tells us about a river that runs across the land and then flows through some underground caves and into the sea. He also tells us about the fertile land that surrounds the palace. he talks about "caverns measureless to man" we get a sense that this landscape is both huge and unknowable. The palace, Xanadu, is situated between the forest surrounded by the hills proves the prestigious nature of the place and this fact put Xanadu on the place of Colonized, which is under the rule of Kubla Khan. Further, he gives River Alph the attributes of a character of poem by calling it “romantic chasm”. Now the river can be reinterpreted as Colonized in terms of post colonialism.