UCJAU025 Postcolonial Literature

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radek Glabazňa, Ph.D., MA (lecturer)
Mgr. Radek Glabazňa, Ph.D., MA (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Radek Glabazňa, Ph.D., MA
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
The students will have adequate knowledge of the history of British and American literature and will be familiar with critical and theoretical tools for the study of modern literary texts.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course covers the fastest-developing area of literature written in the English language: the postcolonial writing. The students will be acquainted with the key personalities and texts of the emerging postcolonial canon and encouraged to approach these texts from a variety of perspectives in order to appreciate the relevance of postcolonial writing for the contemporary world.
Syllabus
  • 1. Derek Walcott
    2. Hanif Kureishi
    3. Frantz Fanon
    4. Salman Rushdie
    5. Anita Desai
    6. Rana Dasgupta
    7. Monica Ali
    8. Chinua Achebe
    9. Amos Tutuola
    10. Tanure Ojaide
    11. Wole Soyinka
    12. Ngugi wa Thiong?o
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Young, Robert, J. C. Colonial Desire: Hybridity in Theory, Culture and Race, London: Routledge, 1995. info
  • Loomba, Ania. Colonialism/Postcolonialism. info
  • Said, Edward W. Culture and Imperialism. info
  • Wisker, Gina. Key Concepts In Postcolonial Literature. info
  • Lee, Robert A., ed. Other Britain, Other British. info
  • Ashcroft, Bill, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin. The Empire Writes Back. info
  • Ashcroft, Bill, Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin. The Postcolonial Studies Reader. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
80% attendance
Active participation in the classes
Analytical essay + oral exam
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021.
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