Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Philology |
Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios |
Subjects |
Postcolonial Literature |
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Identifying Data | 2018/19 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Postcolonial Literature | Code | 613G03026 | |||||||||||
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
Third | Obligatory | 6 | ||||||||||
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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. |
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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. |
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