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Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios
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  Literatura Poscolonial
   Contents
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1.Colonial and postcolonial anglophone countries in Africa and the Caribbean: Introduction to history and theory. 1.1 Colonial and postcolonial anglophone countries: a socio-historical introduction.
1.2 Key concepts in postcolonial criticism and theory: national, cultural and linguistic identities.
1.3 Key approaches to postcolonial criticism and gender issues.
2. Postcolonial literatures in English. 2.1 Postcolonial literatures in Africa: Achebe, Nwapa, Aidoo, Darko, Adichie, Dangarembga, Atta, and other authors.
2.2 Postcolonial literatures in the Caribbean (West Indies): Olive Senior, Edwidge Danticat, Jean "Binta" Breeze, Louise Bennet, Xamaica Kincaid, Bob Marley, and other authors.
2.3 Postcolonial literatures in the African Diaspora: Caryl Phillips, Bernardine Evaristo, Grace Nichols, Jackie Kay, Olive Senior, Samuel Selvon, David Dabyeen, Linton Kwesi Johnson, James Berry, Taiye Selasi, and other authors.
3. On recurrent themes and subthemes in postcolonial literatures. 3.1 Physical and psychological journeys.
3.2 Identity crisis (unbelonging/acculturation traumas).
3.3 Choosing to stay, to leave, to come back home.
3.4 Female versus Male versus Homosexual discourses.
4. Towards Transnacional and Diaspora Studies. 4.1 Key concepts in Transnacional and Diaspora Studies: Globalization, Neocolonialism. Cosmopolitanism.
4.2 Cultural aspects of globalization: New diasporas, transnational identities and “discrepant cosmopolitanism”.
4.3 Economic aspects of globalization: Migrations, neo-colonialism and exploitation.
4.4 Political aspects of globalization: “Beyond the nation-state?”
4.5 Ecological aspects of globalization: Towards worldwide consciousness.
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