UCJAJNP026 Postcolonial Fiction

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Veronika Nogolová, PhD. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Veronika Nogolová, PhD.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
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.
Learning outcomes
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.
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
  • Young, Robert, J. C. Colonial Desire: Hybridity in Theory, Culture and Race, London: Routledge, 1995. info
  • Wisker, Gina. Key Concepts In Postcolonial Literature. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. info
  • Ashcroft, Bill, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin. The Empire Writes Back. London: Routledge, 2001. info
  • Loomba, Ania. Colonialism/Postcolonialism. London: Routledge, 1998. info
  • Lee, Robert A., ed. Other Britain, Other British. London: Pluto, 1995. info
  • Ashcroft, Bill, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin. The Postcolonial Studies Reader. London: Routledge, 1995. info
  • Said, Edward W. Culture and Imperialism. London: Ghatto and Windus, 1993. info
Teaching methods
seminar
Assessment methods
exam
Language of instruction
English
Teacher's information
80% attendance
Active participation in the classes
Analytical essay + oral exam
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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