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 106-033 Postcolonial Writing

Note

Formerly available as 106-241/341. Students who have completed 106-241/341 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Anne Maxwell

Prerequisites

Usually 25 points of first year English, see Prerequisites

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture per week and nine 2-hour tutorials scheduled across the semester

Subject Description

Students study the literary, theoretical and filmic texts of contemporary writers belonging to formerly colonised societies and the postcolonial diaspora, examining such concepts as authenticity, identity, historical revisionism, mimicry and hybridity. They also study the uses postcolonial writers have made of narrative devices such as realism, irony, allegory and magic realism to critique formations of colonialism, nationalism, neo-colonialism and globalisation.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts

A subject reader will be available.

  • B Emecheta, The Joys of Motherhood.
  • T Morrison, Song of Solomon.
  • B Mukerjee, Jasmine. Penguin.
  • M Narogin, Wild Cat Falling.
  • B Okri, Stars of the New Curfew.
  • N W Thiong'o, Matigari. Heinemann.
  • S Rushdie, Midnight's Children. Picador.
  • B Yahp, The Crocodile Fury. Imprint.
  • Film: H Kureishi, Sammie and Rosie Get Laid.
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