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This paper is part of an extensive research project, which examines the

Greek novels of Cyprus within the framework of postcolonial theory,
in an attempt to add another paradigm to the universal body of postcolonial literature. It begins with a general introduction to postcolonial
theory and critique and it then focuses on Frederic Jamesons thesis
that all literatures produced by ex-colonized countries are concerned
with their nations situation in the decades that followed anti-colonial
struggles and de-colonization and thus could be considered as national allegories. The main part of the paper analyses N. Orfanidess
novel, Angelos Departed Happy, in order to establish the extent to which
Jamesons thesis applies to this novel. More specically, it examines how
the writer uses local history, symbolism and inertextuality in order to
give a voice to a subaltern nation, to project national identity and to
undermine the colonial perception of cultural superiority and local cultural inferiority. The conclusion drawn is that, indeed, Orfanidess novel
could be read as a national allegory of the embattled situation of the
Greek nation.

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