Journal of Advanced Research in Social Sciences ISSN 2538-919X ______________________________ ฀ Corresponding Author E-Mail Address: Saman.dizayi@epu.edu.iq 2538-919X/ © 2019 JARSS. All rights reserved. Locating Identity Crisis in Postcolonial Theory: Fanon And Said Saman Abdulqadir Dizayi 1 1 Erbil Polytechnic University, Iraq ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: Post colonialism, Identity, Franz Fanon, Edward Said Introduction (TNR 14pt., bold) This paper presents postcolonial theory and its emergence from the fallout of colonial impact on the world after WWII. It reveals insight into historical actualities and traces the sequential line of thought and speculation of the period, how the issue of representation and self determination is displayed in theoretical argument. At that point it clarifies the issue of identity in the postcolonial theoretical line, and its critical role as the real issue of postcolonial theory. The paper additionally uncovers how scholars explore the situation of recognition and self-recognizable proof. Finally, it clarifies significant theorist contentions about identity independently and in agreement to the sequential course of events, for example, Frantz Fanon, Edward Said. It notes how every scholar viewed and hypothesized the issue of identity and to what extent these speculations are essential in postcolonial studies. 1. Introduction Postcolonial theory, or postcolonialism, can be characterized as the investigation of colonial impact, and its legacy from post-WWII to the present day. It explores the socio-political, psychological, and political impact of the colonial legacy. Postcolonial theory also handles the investigation of the conduct of recently free social orders, as they struggle for self determination. It considers the test and refusal of colonial social and political guidelines, and frameworks that were abandoned and overwhelmed colonizers for quite a while. Postcolonial theory additionally examining literary types and cultural viewpoints identified with the cutting edge after colonialism wanes, all through diverse ways and strategies. Ashcroft et al. (1989) affirm that postcolonial literary theory appears after the failure of Western theory to bargain adequately the complications and different cultural determinations of postcolonial composing [1]. Since the publication of Said’s Orientalism in the late of 1970s, postcolonial theory and studies have taken an interest in the ranges of sociopolitical and literary feedback, with alternate points of view and contentions. The distinction of the fields and the different states of postcolonial circumstance have received assorted responses in both postcolonial theory and studies. Darby and Paolini (1994) characterize post-colonialism as hunting down or recovering the moral and passionate position in addressing Western advancement, directed by experts of the developing nations, or researchers from West. The movement of such a procedure is on the edge, resulting in a noteworthy method and a progressive viewpoint;