Authors : Barakat Majid Idan

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 5 - May

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26May208

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Abstract : The study analyzes language as a weapon of power/resistance in postcolonial English literature within the framework of Foucault/Said/Bhabha, and a hybrid approach (Python-NLTK, NVivo, ANOVA, t-test) on 6 major novels (Things Fall Apart, Midnight's Children); results: 45% reduction in colonial symbols in contexts of resistance, strong correlation (r=0.78, p<0.01) between linguistic hybridization and deconstruction of power, with an innovative statistical model.

Keywords : Postcolonial Literature, Language and Power, Linguistic Resistance, Statistical Analysis, Cultural Hybridity.

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