|
Basic
|
ACHEBE, Chinua (1958 [2001]). Things Fall Apart (novel). London: Penguin
ADICHIE, Chimamanda Ngozi (2009). "The Arrangers of Marriage" (short story). London: Fourth State.
ATTA, Sefi (2010). Swallow (novel, OPTIONAL). Northampton: Interlink.
ATWOOD, Margaret (). Selected poetry (from The Journals of Susanna Moodie) and fiction (from The Handmaid's Tale).
BOBIS, Merlinda (1999). “The Long Siesta as a Language Primer” (short story). The Kissing / White Turtle
BENNET, Louise (2008). "Colonization in Reverse". http://www.thenewblackmagazine.com/view.aspx?index=1377
BERRY, James (1982). "Lucy's Letters" (poem). London: New Beacon.
BREEZE, Jean "Binta" (2001). "The Arrival of Brighteye". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oylxi-pPPwM
DARKO, Amma (1991). Beyond the Horizon (novel OPTIONAL). London: Heinemann
DESAI, Anita (2000). “Winterscape” (short story). Diamond Dust
DIVAKARUNI, Chitra B. (1995). “Doors” (short story). Arranged Marriage
KAY, Jackie (). "Things Fall Apart" (poem). http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=5682
KINCAID, Jamaica (1988). "Small Place" (essay). New York: Farrar
KING, Thomas (1999). "Joe the Painter..." (FROM One Good Story That One).
MUNRO, Alice (). "Free Radicals".
NICHOLS, Grace (1984). "The Fat Black Woman Goes Shopping" (poem). London: Virago.
RUSHDIE, Salman (1980). Midnight's Children (Book One: MANDATORY; rest of the novel: OPTIONAL). London: Penguin.
SELVONS, Samuel (1988). "London Taxi Driver" (poem).
SENIOR, Olive (). "Colonial Girls School" (poem). http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=14910
ZEPHANIAH, Benjamin (). "A Slave Song" (poem).
VVAA (). Selected poetry (handouts/Moodle).
|
|
Although the detailed reading schedule/calendar will be given out on the first class session, students are encouraged to start reading the TWO LONG REQUIRED READINGS (Achebe's entire novel and, later, the first part of Rushdie's novel) as soon as possible. There are only a few copies of these novels in our UDC libraries, so we advise students to borrow or order them at their earliest convenience. |
|
Complementary
|
Ashcroft, B., G. Griffiths and H. Tiffin (2007/2013). Postcolonial Studies: The Key Concepts. 2nd/3rd edition.. Routledge
Ashcroft, B., G. Griffiths and H. Tiffin (1989/2002). The Empire Writes Back. Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures. 2nd ed. . Routledge
Boehmer, Elleke (1995/2005). Colonial and Postcolonial Literature. Oxford UP
Booker, M. K. (1998). The African Novel in English. An Introduction. Heinemann
Childs, Peter, and Patrick Williams (1997). Introduction to Post-Colonial Theory. Prentice
Keown, Michelle; David Murphy and James Procter, eds. (2009). Comparing Postcolonial Diaspora. . Macmillan
McLeod, John (2010). Beginning Postcolonialism, 2nd ed.. Manchester UP
Steger, Manfred (2013). Globalization: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford UP
Wisker, Gina (2007). Key Concepts in Postcolonial Literature. Macmillan
Wawrzinek, Jennifer and J.K.S. Makokha (2011). Negotiating Afropolitanism: Essays on Borders and Spaces in Contemporary African Literature and Folklore. Rodopi
|
|
We suggest students use Ashcroft, Griffiths and Tiffin's 2007 book (UDC call number L2-4120), for a general overview of postcolonial studies and its main concepts (please use second or third edition of the book). For each unit, teachers will encourage students to read specific chapters or articles. |
Subjects